A RETROFACIAL ACCESS FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION IN BILATERAL CONGENITAL ATRESIA OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL

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10
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2015

Kh. Diab, MD; Professor N. Daikhes, MD; D. Kondratchikov; O. Pashchinina, Candidate of Medical Sciences; M. Ospanova, Candidate of Medical Sciences Otorhinolaryngology Research and Clinical Center, Federal Biomedical Agency of Russia, Moscow

The paper describes a procedure for cochlear implantation in a patient with ear anomaly, who has undergone external auditory canal atresia surgery. No postoperative complications have been found; hearing and speech rehabilitation has been successful.
Keywords: 
cochlear implantation
facial nerve
retrofacial access
middle ear malformation

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