INTRODUCTION: We report a case of successful rehabilitation of hearing with a cochlear implant in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma who developed post-irradiation hearing loss following treatment. CLINICAL PICTURE: A 55-year-old Chinese lady suffered from radiation-induced sensorineural hearing loss due to treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Audiological tests and imaging studies showed an intact retrocochlear pathway. TREATMENT: Cochlear implantation. OUTCOME: Cochlear implant was done with successful rehabilitation of hearing until the time of this report. CONCLUSIONS: If functionally active auditory fibres survive with no recurrent tumour, successful rehabilitation of post-irradiation induced sensorineural hearing loss is possible with a cochlear implant in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
INTRODUCTION: We report a case of successful rehabilitation of hearing with a cochlear implant in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma who developed post-irradiation hearing loss following treatment. CLINICAL PICTURE: A 55-year-old Chinese lady suffered from radiation-induced sensorineural hearing loss due to treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Audiological tests and imaging studies showed an intact retrocochlear pathway. TREATMENT: Cochlear implantation. OUTCOME: Cochlear implant was done with successful rehabilitation of hearing until the time of this report. CONCLUSIONS: If functionally active auditory fibres survive with no recurrent tumour, successful rehabilitation of post-irradiation induced sensorineural hearing loss is possible with a cochlear implant in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Authors: Waitsz Wt Chang; Kammy Nk Yeung; Betty Pk Luk; Karman Ky Leung; John Kk Sung; Michael Cf Tong Journal: Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol Date: 2020-10-28