title: Cochlear implantation in a patient with bilateral deep brain stimulators.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Michele B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: St Martin
authors.forename: Barry E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000628:therapy