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Cochlear Implantation in a Patient With Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulators
Author(s) -
St. Martin Michele B.,
Hirsch Barry E.
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1097/01.mlg.0000245943.95695.65
Subject(s) - cochlear implantation , deep brain stimulation , implant , cochlear implant , medicine , audiology , neuroscience , parkinson's disease , psychology , surgery , disease
Objective: We report the case of a patient successfully implanted with a Nucleus Contour cochlear implant after placement of a deep brain stimulator for Parkinson disease. Methods: The authors conducted a case report and literature review. Results: Successful hookup and mapping of the device was performed 1 month after implantation without evidence of aberrant activity of the deep brain stimulators. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of successful implantation of both a cochlear implant and a deep brain stimulator in the same patient. We have outlined one approach to avoiding detrimental interactions between cochlear implant and deep brain stimulator devices.