摘要
To the editor： Cochlear implantation （CI） has been successfully performed in patienls with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss （SNHL） worldwide since 1988. CI has been demonstrated to be effective for aural rehabilitation in patients with bilateral temporal bone fractures. The 28-year-old patient was first seen in our clinic in June 2009 coinplaining of bilateral hearing loss, left facial nerve palsy, and cerebrospinal fluid （CSF） leak in his left ear fbflowing temporomandibular .ioint （TMJ） surgery lor ankylosis three months earlier. He was diagnosed as having TMJ ankylosis when he was 6 years old;
To the editor： Cochlear implantation （CI） has been successfully performed in patienls with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss （SNHL） worldwide since 1988. CI has been demonstrated to be effective for aural rehabilitation in patients with bilateral temporal bone fractures. The 28-year-old patient was first seen in our clinic in June 2009 coinplaining of bilateral hearing loss, left facial nerve palsy, and cerebrospinal fluid （CSF） leak in his left ear fbflowing temporomandibular .ioint （TMJ） surgery lor ankylosis three months earlier. He was diagnosed as having TMJ ankylosis when he was 6 years old;
