Korean Journal of Audiology  2014;18(3):148-150

doi:10.7874/kja.2014.18.3.148

A Case of Cochlear Implantation Targeting Preserved Cerebral Cortex in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Eun Sun JEON 1 ; Sungsu LEE ; Hyong Ho CHO ; Yong Beom CHO

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Keywords

Cochlear implantation; Skull fracture; Brain injury; Deafness

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Temporal bone fracture and blunt head trauma was once considered as contraindication for the surgery. Increasing numbers of successful cochlear implantation are being reported. However, the outcome of cochlear implantation in severe damaged brain is unclear. A multichannel cochlear implant was successfully implanted in a 33-year-old man who had both sensorineural deafness, left hemiplegia due to bilateral transverse temporal bone fractures and severe right brain damage after a traffic accident.