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Cochlear Implantation vs Stapedectomy

Richard J. Wiet, MD; Stuart A. Morgenstein, DO; Teresa A. Zwolan, MA; Sharon M. Pircon, MS

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1987;113(3):299-302.

Abstract
• In 1981, our group, as part of a Food and Drug Administration investigator team directed by William House, performed Illinois' first cochlear implantation. We have since performed cochlear implantations in ten other persons. Since May 1980, approximately 35 severely to profoundly deaf persons per year have been referred to our clinic for evaluation. A small number of these patients had far-advanced otosclerosis. In these cases, exploratory tympanotomy and stapedectomy followed by rehabilitation with a hearing aid was a more appropriate management than cochlear implantation. Case histories and a temporal bone study of far-advanced otosclerosis are presented.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1987;113:299-302)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Dr Wiet), and the Program in Audiology and Hearing Impairment (Ms Zwolan), Northwestern University; Cook County Hospital (Dr Morgenstein); and the Chicago Otology Group (Ms Pircon), Chicago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 26, 1986.

Presented at the International Symposium on Otosclerosis, sponsored by the University of Lisbon, June 18, 1986.

Reprint requests to 950 York Rd, Hinsdale, IL 60521 (Dr Wiet).

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