metricas
covid
Buscar en
Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española
Toda la web
Inicio Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española Tinnitus and cochlear implantation. Preliminary experience
Journal Information
Vol. 61. Issue 6.
Pages 405-411 (January 2010)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Vol. 61. Issue 6.
Pages 405-411 (January 2010)
Tinnitus and cochlear implantation. Preliminary experience
Acúfeno e implante coclear. Experiencia preliminar
Visits
773
Elisabeth Masgoret Palau, Jorge L. Merán Gil
Corresponding author
, Cecilia Moreno Vidal, Juan C. Falcón González, Ovídio Artiles Cabrera, Ángel Ramos Macías
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
This item has received
Article information
Abstract
Objective

To assess the effect of cochlear implantation in patients with disabling tinnitus.

Materials

We conducted an evaluation of the effect of cochlear implantation on the development of disabling tinnitus. Three adults with pre-implantation tinnitus, implanted in our hospital, were evaluated for postlingual hearing loss. Patients were evaluated according to the effects of tinnitus on their emotions and activities of daily living.

Results

One patient reported that the tinnitus disappeared and two reported different degrees of attenuation. We did not find any patients with worse outcomes after implantation.

Conclusions

The beneficial effect of cochlear implantation on tinnitus reported in our patients may be due to acoustic masking, through electrical stimulation of the acoustic nerve, all from brain reorganisation of central nervous system (CNS) pathways and cerebral association areas after cochlear implantation

Keywords:
Tinnitus
Cochlear implantation
Hypoacusia
Resumen
Objetivo

Valorar el efecto del implante coclear en pacientes con «acúfeno incapacitante».

Materiales

Realizamos una evaluación del efecto de la implantación coclear sobre la evolución del acúfeno incapacitante. Se han evaluado 3 adultos afectos de hipoacusia postlingual implantados en nuestro hospital, con acúfenos preimplantación. Los pacientes fueron evaluados de acuerdo con los efectos del acúfeno en las emociones de los pacientes y las actividades de la vida cotidiana.

Resultados

De los tres, uno declaró la supresión del acúfeno, otros dos atenuación tras la cirugía, en diversos grados, no encontrando ningún paciente con peores resultados tras la implantación.

Conclusiones

El efecto beneficioso de la implantación coclear sobre el acúfeno, reportado en nuestros pacientes, puede ser debido al enmascaramiento acústico, a través de la estimulación eléctrica del nervio acústico, y todo ello por la reorganización cerebral de las vías del sistema nervioso central (SNC) y las áreas de asociación cerebral tras la implantación coclear.

Palabras clave:
Acúfeno
Implante coclear
Hipoacusia

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos