title: Impairment of Caloric Function After Cochlear Implantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article seeks to review current literature on caloric function following cochlear implantation while analyzing any correlations of caloric function changes with vestibular symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article is a systematic review of evidence-based literature. English language articles published between 1980 and 2014 that presented some form of caloric data from cochlear implant (CI) patients and that did not solely analyze overlapping data from a previous study were reviewed. Twenty-five articles met these criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 439 individuals tested, 37% of patients demonstrated reduced maximum slow-phase velocity, and 34% had onset of caloric asymmetry post-CI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review article found that cochlear implantation can affect caloric responses but is variable. When counseling patients preoperatively, possible effects of CI on labyrinthine function should be discussed.
authors.forename: Heide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Heather H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Haversat
authors.forename: Elias M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Michaelides
mesh_terms: D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003054:Cochlear Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology*