Cochlear implantation in a patient with bilateral deep brain stimulators.
OBJECTIVE
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.


METHODS
The authors conducted a case report and literature review.


RESULTS
Successful hookup and mapping of the device was performed 1 month after implantation without evidence of aberrant activity of the deep brain stimulators.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
St Martin
Michele B
MB
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hirsch
Barry E
BE
D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000628:therapy