Long-term benefits of cochlear implantation after vestibular schwannoma removal highlight the importance of surgical technique and patient selection.
Performing CI immediately after VS resection is feasible and offers long-term functional benefits for most patients, including carefully selected NF2 cases. Although results can vary, more than half of the patients attain meaningful speech perception. This extensive, long-term, single-center experience strongly supports the feasibility of CI in this context, emphasizing the importance of surgical technique, nerve preservation, and precise patient selection.
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