title: Cochlear implantation following cerebellar surgery.
abstract: Cochlear implantation in patients with known central nervous system conditions can result in wide-ranging outcomes. The aim of this study is to report two cases of cochlear implantation outcomes in patients with acquired cerebellar ataxia following cerebellar surgery. The first is a female implanted with the Nucleus 24 implant in September 2000 and the second is a male implanted with a MED-EL Sonata Flexsoft electro-acoustic stimulation in July 2009. Programming these patients resulted in significant non-auditory stimulation which resulted in less than optimum map fittings. The patients did not gain any open set speech perception benefit although both of them gained an awareness of sound with the device. However, patient 2 elected to become a non-user because of the limited benefit.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Cochlear Implant Programme, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Shahad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mawman
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017211:Treatment Failure