A RETROFACIAL ACCESS FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION IN BILATERAL CONGENITAL ATRESIA OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
Issue:
10
Year:
2015
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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