Year: 1997 Vol. 63 Ed. 6 - (3º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 559 to 565
Surgery of Profound Hearing Loss - Risks of Cochlear Implantation.
Author(s):
Cíntia D'Avila*
Rafael Menezes Campani**
Arnaldo Linden***
Keywords: sensoryneural profound hearing loss, cochlear implant
Abstract:
The cochlear implant has been indicated as the standard treatment for patients suffering of profound bilateral sensoryneural hearing loss who obtain little or no benefit from sound amplification devices. Subjects are selected for the implant procedure on the basis of medical, audiological and psychological criteria. Although the judicious selection of the patients for implant, the possibility of failure or surgical complications still exists. This paper reviews the major risks of cochlear implant, emphasizing the supposed mechanisms of injury.
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