Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2)
Cochlear implantation of a patient with multiple sclerosis: Case report and systematic review
Julkaisun tekijät: Routila Johannes, Karhu Jari O, Salonen Jaakko
Kustantaja: Cambridge University Press
Julkaisuvuosi: 2022
Journal: Journal of Laryngology and Otology
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: Journal of Laryngology and Otology
Volyymi: 136
Julkaisunumero: 2
Aloitussivu: 176
Lopetussivun numero: 180
eISSN: 1748-5460
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022215121002917
Background: Cochlear implantation can be used when a patient's hearing cannot satisfactorily be improved after optimised hearing aid fitting. However, in patients with a cochlear nerve or brain disorder affecting hearing, the benefits of cochlear implants are not so straightforward.
Methods: This paper describes a 58-year-old patient suffering from multiple sclerosis and profound sensorineural hearing loss, rehabilitated with a cochlear implant. Literature concerning cochlear implantation in demyelinating conditions was systematically reviewed using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science databases.
Results: The patient's cochlear implantation was successful, with speech discrimination scores remaining above 90 per cent for eight years post-operatively. No previous cases of cochlear implantation with multiple sclerosis related hearing loss have been reported, despite the high incidence of hearing loss in multiple sclerosis patients.
Conclusion: This paper demonstrates that multiple sclerosis lesions should not be an exclusion criterion in an otherwise suitable candidate for cochlear implantation.