Histopathology of the Peripheral Vestibular System after Cochlear Implantation in the Human

The objective of this study was to describe the histology of the peripheral vestibular system in temporal bones from patients who in life had undergone cochlear implantation and to correlate the findings with previous reports of vestibular dysfunction after cochlear implantation. This is the first quantitative report of the impact of implantation on the vestibular neuronal end organ.