Post Hybrid Cochlear Implant Hearing Loss and Endolymphatic Hydrops.

Objective: To evaluate for potential causes of delayed loss of residual hearing that variably occurs with hybrid cochlear implants. Study Design: Histopathological evaluation of 29 human temporal bone (HTB) with cochlear implant (CI). Setting: The Neurotology and House HTB Laboratory of UCLA (House-UCLA). Subjects and Methods: HTB from CI patients from the House-UCLA HTB Laboratory (n = 28) and one courtesy of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI). Histopathological analysis to identify the location of cochleostomy, fibrosis, and bone formation in the scala vestibuli and tympani, and endolymphatic hydrops. Spiral ganglion neuron counts were obtained. Statistical analysis compared presence of cochleostomy and location with the histopathological findings. Results: Seventeen of 29 bones with fibrosis in the scala vestibule (SV) and tympani had evidence of a cochleostomy involving the SV containing the ductus reunions, all of which had hydrops. Ten of 11 bones had no SV fibrosis, and a cochleostomy limited to the scala tympani, of which all had no hydrops. One HTB had moderate SV fibrosis not involving the ductus reuniens, and was without hydrops. One HTB had a SV cochleostomy but the electrode ruptured Reissner's membrane, and was without hydrops. Cochleostomy was significantly associated with SV fibrosis and hydrops (p

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