TY - JOUR
T1 - Cochlear implantation for symptomatic hereditary deafness
AU - Nishizaki, Kazunori
AU - Fukushiama, Kunihiru
AU - Oda, Yukie
AU - Masuda, Akemi
AU - Hayashi, Sawako
AU - Nagayasu, Norie
AU - Yoshino, Tadashi
AU - Kashihara, Kenichi
AU - Takahashi, Koji
AU - Masuda, Yu
PY - 1999/7/28
Y1 - 1999/7/28
N2 - Recently, the effectiveness of cochlear implantation for hereditary deafness has been reported. We performed cochlear implantation for two patients with symptomatic hereditary deafness. Deafness in one patient was thought to be a result of albinism-deafness syndrome and in the other patient, a result of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia syndrome. Since their speech perception abilities improved dramatically, we believe that cochlear implantation should be actively performed for these two syndromes.
AB - Recently, the effectiveness of cochlear implantation for hereditary deafness has been reported. We performed cochlear implantation for two patients with symptomatic hereditary deafness. Deafness in one patient was thought to be a result of albinism-deafness syndrome and in the other patient, a result of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia syndrome. Since their speech perception abilities improved dramatically, we believe that cochlear implantation should be actively performed for these two syndromes.
KW - Albinism-deafness syndrome
KW - Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia syndrome
KW - Cochlear implantation
KW - Deafness
KW - Hereditary
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10445076
AN - SCOPUS:0032588128
SN - 0365-5237
SP - 34
EP - 37
JO - Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement
JF - Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement
IS - 540
ER -