Rogério Hamerschmidt¹, Gislaine Richter¹, Adriana Kosma Pires de Oliveira², Mohamad Feras Al-Lahham²* and Valéria Kutianski¹
¹Department of ENT, Federal University of Paraná, Physician of Instituto Paranaense de Otorrinolaringologia, Brasil
²ENT Physician, Instituto Paranaense de Otorrinolaringologia, Brasil
Corresponding Author:
Mohamad Feras Al-lahham, ENT Physician, Otorhinolaryngologist, Instituto paranaense de otorrinolaringologia, Curitiba - Paraná, Brasil, Tel: +55 41 995614955; Email: dr_lahham@hotmail.com
Keywords: Cochlear implant;
Otosclerosis; Sensorineural hearing loss
Abstract
T he term far-advanced otosclerosis was introduced by House and Sheehy to indicate clinical otosclerosis with air conduction thresholds of more than 85 dB HL, Theotosclerotic process commonly involves the otic capsule and may cause quite widespread demineralisation which leads to a progressive and often profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
Citation
Hamerschmidt R, Richter G, de Oliveira AKP, Al-Lahham MF and Kutianski V. Cochlear Implantation in Far Advanced Otosclerosis: A Case Report. SM Otolaryngol. 2017; 1(2): 1007.
