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Kuwait Infant Hears After Bilateral Cochlear Implant Surgery
A 15-month-old girl from Kuwait was born unable to hear.
Doctors in West Bengal placed special devices in both of her ears.
The operation happened on August 4 at Apollo Hospitals.
On August 25, doctors switched on the outside parts of the devices.
The girl began crying when she heard sound for the first time.
A cochlear implant does more than make sounds louder.
It sends signals past damaged hearing cells directly to the nerve that carries sound to the brain.
Doctors said finding hearing loss early can help children develop speech with therapy.
The surgery cost about Rs 50 lakh.
A 15-month-old girl from Kuwait heard sound for the first time after bilateral cochlear implant surgery in West Bengal.
The operations were performed on August 4 at Apollo Hospitals by a team led by Dr Shantanu Panja.
The child’s external sound processors were activated on August 25, two to four weeks after surgery.
The surgery used Nexa Cochlear implants and Smart Nav technology to guide electrode placement.
The bilateral procedure cost about Rs 50 lakh and was described as the first such international paediatric case in West Bengal.
- Who
- A 15-month-old girl from Kuwait, her parents, and a surgical and audiological team led by Dr Shantanu Panja.
- What
- The child received bilateral Nexa Cochlear implants and heard sound for the first time after activation.
- Where
- Apollo Hospitals in West Bengal, India.
- When
- The surgery took place on August 4, and the implants were switched on August 25.
- Why
- The procedure was performed to address the child’s profound hearing loss and support future hearing and speech development.
Key facts
- Patient
- A 15-month-old girl from Kuwait who was born deaf.
- Procedure
- Bilateral cochlear implant surgery.
- Surgery date
- August 4.
- Switch-on date
- August 25.
- Technology
- Nexa Cochlear implants with Smart Nav technology.
- Surgery duration
- Approximately 9am to 7pm, with a short break between the two operations.
- Approximate cost
- Rs 50 lakh for both ears.
Quotes
Shantanu Panja
ENT consultant and head and neck oncosurgeon who led the surgery.
““The system is the world’s first smart hearing technology that is placed in both ears to treat severe hearing loss, using upgradeable software and internal memory. A patient’s audiological setting stays stored inside, unlike in the processor of the older implants,””
telegraphindia.com
““Switch-on is the moment of reckoning when the activation takes place two to four weeks after surgery, when your audiologist turns on the external sound processor and your child hears sound for the first time,””
telegraphindia.com
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