Paper2: Cochlear Implantation in Children with Congenital Inner Ear Malformations

The prospective study conducted by Azzam Muhsin Abbas et al, in the paper Cochlear Implantation in Children with Congenital Inner Ear Malformations (conducted from 2018 to 2021) aim of the paper was to assess issues and surgical challenges that patients who received cochlear implantation and had a congenital inner ear abnormality faced. It has stated in the paper that a controversial is present to perform cochlear implantation in children with inner ear anomalies because ears that are born deaf may have anatomical abnormalities that make the procedure more challenging.

                           The study was conducted at the Department of Otolaryngology Medical City Teaching Complex and AL-Yarmouk Teach-ing Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, where they had 21 pediatric subjects diagnosed with congenital hearing loss and had an implantation. CT was performed on the subject in order to check CSF leakage and facial nerve damage on the subject to point out on the challenges faced after the surgery. The paper was concluded with the In certain cases of congenital inner ear defects, individuals can have a cochlear implant placed safely and effectively. In some cases, with gusher and facial nerve anomalies, surgery might be difficult, but problems can be avoided with appropriate imaging and skillful surgical technique.

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Cochlear Implantation in Children with Congenital Inner Ear Malformations Craig A. Buchman MD, Benjamin J. Copeland MD, PhD, Kathy K. Yu MD, Carolyn J. Brown MS, CCC-SLP, Vincent N. Carrasco MD, Harold C. Pillsbury III MD