Delayed loss of hearing after hearing preservation cochlear implantation: Human temporal bone pathology and implications for etiology

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作者
Quesnel, Alicia M. [1 ]
Nakajima, Hideko Heidi [1 ]
Rosowski, John J. [1 ]
Hansen, Marlan R. [2 ]
Gantz, Bruce J. [2 ]
Nadol, Joseph B., Jr. [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirm, Sch Med, Dept Otol & Laryngol, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[2] Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Dept Otolaryngol, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Cochlear implant; Hearing preservation; Otopathology; Histopathology; Cochlear mechanics; Human temporal bone; ELECTRIC-ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; INTRACOCHLEAR; EAR;
D O I
10.1016/j.heares.2015.08.018
中图分类号
R36 [病理学]; R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100104 ; 100213 ;
摘要
After initially successful preservation of residual hearing with cochlear implantation, some patients experience subsequent delayed hearing loss. The etiology of such delayed hearing loss is unknown. Human temporal bone pathology is critically important in investigating the etiology, and directing future efforts to maximize long term hearing preservation in cochlear implant patients. Here we present the temporal bone pathology from a patient implanted during life with an Iowa/Nucleus Hybrid S8 implant, with initially preserved residual hearing and subsequent hearing loss. Both temporal bones were removed for histologic processing and evaluated. Complete clinical and audiologic records were available. He had bilateral symmetric high frequency severe to profound hearing loss prior to implantation. Since he was implanted unilaterally, the unimplanted ear was presumed to be representative of the pre-implantation pathology related to his hearing loss. The implanted and contralateral unimplanted temporal bones both showed complete degeneration of inner hair cells and outer hair cells in the basal half of the cochleae, and only mild patchy loss of inner hair cells and outer hair cells in the apical half. The total spiral ganglion neuron counts were similar in both ears: 15,138 (56% of normal for age) in the unimplanted right ear and 13,722 (51% of normal for age) in the implanted left ear. In the basal turn of the implanted left cochlea, loose fibrous tissue and new bone formation filled the scala tympani, and part of the scala vestibuli. Delayed loss of initially preserved hearing after cochlear implantation was not explained by additional post-implantation degeneration of hair cells or spiral ganglion neurons in this patient. Decreased compliance at the round window and increased damping in the scala tympani due to intracochlear fibrosis and new bone formation might explain part of the post-implantation hearing loss. Reduction of the inflammatory and immune response to cochlear implantation may lead to better long term hearing preservation post-implantation. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:10
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