Mitsuya Suzuki, Takio Goto, Akinori Kashio, Takuya Yasui, Takashi Sakamoto, Ken Ito, Tatsuya Yamasoba
A 58-year-old man, in whom the cochlear implant (CI) had been inserted into the left ear, had right middle-ear cancer. The CI was removed immediately before receiving subtotal removal of right temporal bone. Four months later, the CI was again inserted in his left cochlea. Because of obliterated scala tympani, the 22 active electrodes of the CI were placed into the scala vestibuli. After the surgery, the patient complained that he experienced rotary vertigo and "jumbling of vertical direction" of objects on walking...
October 2011: Auris, Nasus, Larynx