2018 Volume 64 Issue 6 Pages 237-241
Receiving a cochlear implant is the only way for deaf patients to acquire hearing. Recently, bilateral early implantation has been the ideal solution for providing the best hearing outcome. In Japan, the number of patients with bilateral cochlear implants has gradually increased since 2014 when the new criterion for pediatric cochlear implantation was approved. In this situation, cosmetic considerations for bilateral cochlear implants are becoming increasingly important. To implant bilateral implants symmetrically, several pre-surgical tips need to be reviewed. In this report, we introduce our pre-surgical tips concerning the implantation of devices at the same position on both sides.
