Cochlear implantation in a patient with bilateral deep brain stimulators.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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. The authors conducted a case report and literature review. Successful hookup and mapping of the device was performed 1 month after implantation without evidence of aberrant activity of the deep brain stimulators. 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.
Medical subject headings
- Cochlear Implantation
- Deep Brain Stimulation