title: Successful outcome of cochlear implantation in a patient with superficial siderosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the management of a rare case of progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in a patient with superficial siderosis secondary to a cavernoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report and a review of the literature concerning superficial siderosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient benefited significantly from a cochlear implantation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Careful assessment and adequate counselling is necessary to determine the best approach to hearing rehabilitation in patients with superficial siderosis of the central nervous system. Cochlear implantation in patients with superficial siderosis is controversial due to the retrocochlear origin of the hearing loss and, although the case presented had a successful outcome, the results might deteriorate with time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, UK. ClaudiaNogueira1@gmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meehan
mesh_terms: D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D018450:Disease Progression; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged