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Preserved Cochlear Implant Function After Multiple Electroconvulsive Therapy Treatments
Author(s) -
Jiam Nicole T.,
Li Descartes,
Kramer Kurt,
Limb Charles J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.29291
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , cochlear implant , medicine , implant , depression (economics) , anesthesia , psychology , audiology , surgery , electroconvulsive shock , economics , macroeconomics
This case report presents the successful use of multiple treatments of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a patient with a cochlear implant (CI). A 60‐year‐old man with a left‐sided CI and bipolar disorder presented with severe depression. A total of 9 separate sessions of unilateral ECT was administered to the contralateral side of the existing CI. We collected subjective, clinical, and audiological assessment of the patient and the CI prior, during, and after ECT therapy. The patient tolerated ECT well and there were no complications. Unilateral ECT was performed contralateral to the CI without any harm to the patient or implant. Laryngoscope , 131:E1695–E1698, 2021