Learning Objectives: This panel will deal with different situations in chronic otitis patients requiring cochlear implantation. Authors will discuss the principles of implantation in cholesteatoma patients doing staging or non-staging procedure. Principles of subtotal petrosectomy with ear canal closure will be discussed as another possibility how to manage these patients. Group of patients with wide open cavity is another problem to be solved in the discussion. Authors will present also changing opinion in surgery in the only hearing ear with possibility to manage unexpected deafness by cochlear implantation. Special case reports will be the subject of discussion after short communication presented by the panel members

This panel will deal with different situations in chronic otitis patients requiring cochlear implantation. Authors will discuss the principles of implantation in cholesteatoma patients doing staging or non-staging procedure. Principles of subtotal petrosectomy with ear canal closure will be discussed as another possibility how to manage these patients. Group of patients with wide open cavity is another problem to be solved in the discussion. Authors will present also changing opinion in surgery in the only hearing ear with possibility to manage unexpected deafness by cochlear implantation. Special case reports will be the subject of discussion after short communication presented by the panel members.