How successful is cochlear implant surgery?
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Dr. Eric Smouha of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Cochlear implant surgery has achieved splendid results in properly selected patients and is suitable for treating profoundly deaf adults and children one year of age and older. Certain patients have been able to gain the ability to hold conversations, often without lip reading; to speak on the telephone; and to hear environmental sounds.
Cochlear implant surgery has achieved splendid results in properly selected patients and is suitable for treating profoundly deaf adults and children one year of age and older. Certain patients have been able to gain the ability to hold... More
