title: Bilateral cochlear implantation after ethylene glycol intoxication: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of deafness and blindness caused by ethylene glycol poisoning and treated by bilateral simultaneous cochlear implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University teaching hospital, tertiary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  37 years old man poisoned with ethylene glycol.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bilateral simultaneous Medel Sonata cochlear implants.
  
  
  METHODS
  BKB sentences (Bamford-Kowal-Bench sentence tests); AB words (Arthur Boothroyd monosyllabic words).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful rehabilitation of hearing in a case of deafness and blindness of acute onset.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bilateral CI is an effective method of hearing rehabilitation in presence of additional disability (blindness).
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dezso
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramsden
authors.forename: Shakeel R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wessels
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mawman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000534:rehabilitation; D054062:Deaf-Blind Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019855:Ethylene Glycol / Q000506:poisoning*; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019855:Ethylene Glycol