Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1994; 5(1):1-28

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1994.5.1.1

특집

와우이식술

김종선¹, 송병호¹, 윤미선¹

Cochlear Implantation

Chong Sun Kim¹, Byeong Ho Song¹, Mi Sun Yoon¹

¹서울대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 서울대학교병원 청각언어장애진료실

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Speech and Hearing Clinic, Seoul National University College of Medicine

© Copyright 1994 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

In recent years，cochlear implantation has become an accepted alternative method for providing auditory stimulation to the profound deaf, and it is more widely offered to profoundly deaf children. Cochlear implants are being used for children as young as 2 years. This procedure is indicated in bilateral profound sensorineural deafness patients, who are lack of significant benifit from hearing aids, and psychologically and medically suitable after extensive medical and otological evaluations including radiological assessment and speech evaluation.

Hearing is essential for the development and social communication. There may be benifit to education，intellectual development and speech production development.

Twenty-nine deaf patients in the age range of 4 to 67 have received a Nucleus 22 channel cochlear implant from November 1988 to February 1994. Experience with these cochlear implantees has demonstrated significant benefit with minimal risk.

Postoperative rehabilitation programs began after first mapping and is going. All 29 patients implanted with the Nucleus multichannel cochlear implant showed improvement in postoperative performance.

Keywords: Cochlear implantation