Cochlear Implantation in a Patient with Takayasu's Arteritis

Autor:	Kenichi Ando, Mitsuhiro Aoki, Yoichi Yokota, Yatsuji Ito, Keisuke Mizuta, Masayuki Asai
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Medical treatment Hearing loss business.industry Takayasu's arteritis medicine.disease Surgery Otorhinolaryngology Corticosteroid therapy otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Sensorineural hearing loss Arteritis medicine.symptom Cochlear implantation business Aortitis
Zdroj:	Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 99:275-278
ISSN:	1884-4545 0032-6313
DOI:	10.5631/jibirin.99.275
Popis:	Patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) rarely suffer sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), which can be comparatively restored by corticosteroid therapy. We report a 65-year-old woman with aortitis with arch vessel involvement and bilateral severe SNHL. Although her profound deafness failed to improve with corticosteroids, cochlear implantation improved her hearing loss without postoperative problems. Her postoperative open-set syllable recognition without lip reading after cochlear implantation was 90%. When medical treatment fails to improve bilateral severe hearing loss without benefit from hearing aids in TA patients, cochlear implantation is indicated.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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