Multichannel cochlear implantation in a patient with bilateral Mondini deformities.

摘要: A 31-year-old man with bilateral Mondini dysplasia was successfully implanted a Nucleus multichannel 22-electrode cochlear prosthesis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of implantation in patient dysplasia. The surgical procedure used to insert device uncomplicated. Although objective measurements demonstrated only slight improvement most categories Iowa test battery, he has ability discriminate pure-tone frequency differences and environmental sounds. Subjectively, satisfied implant user. feasibility patients should open door for improved speech recognition tonal discrimination subset patients.