| Autor: |
Marangos N; ENT Department, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany., Stecker M, Sollmann WP, Laszig R |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Journal of laryngology and otology. Supplement [J Laryngol Otol Suppl] 2000 (27), pp. 27-31. |
| DOI: |
10.1258/0022215001904833 |
| Abstrakt: |
Since 1992 18 patients with bilateral retrocochlear deafness have been provided with a multichannel auditory brainstem implant (ABI). The surgical procedure implies tumour removal and ABI implantation in one stage. Most implantations were via the translabyrinthine approach. The long-term follow-up varied between nine and 80 months. In one case auditory perception could not be achieved and in a second case post-operative stimulation was not possible as the subject died due to lung emboli. In all the other cases auditory perception was achieved and only two subjects became non-users during the follow-up period. The presented long-term results suggest that deaf neurofibromatosis type 2 patients regain acoustic contact with the environment, enlarge their communication skills and improve their quality of life by using a multichannel auditory brainstem prosthesis. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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