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82. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie e. V.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie e. V.

01.06. - 05.06.2011, Freiburg

Cochlear implant, our experience

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  • corresponding author Marcel Cosgarea - Universität für Medizin und Pharmazie „Iuliu Hatieganu“, Cluj-Napoca, Rumänien
  • Violeta Necula - Universität für Medizin und Pharmazie „Iuliu Hatieganu“, Cluj-Napoca, Rumänien

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 82. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Freiburg i. Br., 01.-05.06.2011. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2011. Doc11hnod315

doi: 10.3205/11hnod315, urn:nbn:de:0183-11hnod3152

Veröffentlicht: 19. April 2011

© 2011 Cosgarea et al.
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Objective: The cochlear implant, an important achievement of modern technology, has allowed rehabilitation of hearing in patients with severe and profound hearing loss, a better social reinsertion of the deaf-mute patients and better future hopes for them.

Methods: After a rigorous selection of patients that could benefit from cochlear implantation it was possible for our clinic to implant 78 patients; between them there was a 36 year-old woman with postlingual hearing loss and multiple organic deficiencies (chronic renal failure, bilateral hip prosthesis, crystallin implants, profound hearing loss) and a 16-year old female patient with Usher syndrome (also presenting progressive retinitis pigmentosa). The other patients were from different social environments with ages from 1 to 10 years.

Results: The surgical procedures have developed within normal limits, the electrodes were completely introduced without any major postoperative complications. From the 78 implanted patients only three represents a failure by sporadic wearing of the implant. Considering the other 75 patients the specific hearing and speech assessment tests show favourable outcomes with a significant improvement of speech perception and production in older patients and also a significant development in very young implanted children.

Conclusions: The multidisciplinary treatment, the family support and the professional help provided by specialists in cochlear implanted patients rehabilitation made possible to see important progress in most of these implanted children. The 78 patients evolution allow us to formulate the conclusions and the good results encourage us to continuing this type of treatment.