title: A case of cochlear implantation targeting preserved cerebral cortex in severe traumatic brain injury.
abstract: Temporal bone fracture and blunt head trauma was once considered as contraindication for the surgery. Increasing numbers of successful cochlear implantation are being reported. However, the outcome of cochlear implantation in severe damaged brain is unclear. A multichannel cochlear implant was successfully implanted in a 33-year-old man who had both sensorineural deafness, left hemiplegia due to bilateral transverse temporal bone fractures and severe right brain damage after a traffic accident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Sun
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Sungsu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyong-Ho
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Beom
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Cho
keywords: Brain injury; Cochlear implantation; Deafness; Skull fracture