title: [Tinnitus and cochlear implantation. Preliminary experience].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect of cochlear implantation in patients with disabling tinnitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted an evaluation of the effect of cochlear implantation on the development of disabling tinnitus. Three adults with pre-implantation tinnitus, implanted in our hospital, were evaluated for postlingual hearing loss. Patients were evaluated according to the effects of tinnitus on their emotions and activities of daily living.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One patient reported that the tinnitus disappeared and two reported different degrees of attenuation. We did not find any patients with worse outcomes after implantation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The beneficial effect of cochlear implantation on tinnitus reported in our patients may be due to acoustic masking, through electrical stimulation of the acoustic nerve, all from brain reorganisation of central nervous system (CNS) pathways and cerebral association areas after cochlear implantation.
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Masgoret Palau
authors.forename: Jorge L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Merán Gil
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno Vidal
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Falcón González
authors.forename: Ovídio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Artiles Cabrera
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramos Macías
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*