Tag Archive for 'Implant Surgery'

Chennai-based KKR ENT Hospital successfully performs cochlear implant surgery

In a major relief to the deaf and dumb, a city-based ENT hospital in Chennai, KKR ENT Hospital, has successfully implanted the worlds fifth generation Cochlear Implant, Nucleus 5, in the inner ear of a two years old child on Friday.

Hi-tech implant surgery on deaf boy at AIIMS

New Delhi, June 14 : Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have successfully performed a hi-tech implant surgery on a three-and-a-half-year-old deaf boy.

Hi-tech implant surgery on deaf boy at AIIMS

Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have successfully performed a hi-tech implant surgery on a three-and-a-half-year-old deaf boy.

Student with Cochlear Implant Overcomes Challenges

SMU Student Born Deaf Graduates with Business Degree Chirping birds is a sound that Michael Noble doesn't take for granted. Michael was born deaf and at the age of two became the first child in north Texas to have cochlear implant surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

The Cochlear Implant Telemetry Test

Having the surgery for a Cochlear Implant is only the first step in my new hearing process. There are many other things to be done. One of the first is the Telemetry Test to determine which electrodes are working.

Mass. Eye and Ear Performs First Auditory Brain Stem Implant Surgery in New England (Newswise)

Surgeons from Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Mass. General Hospital will perform the first Auditory Brain Stem Implant (ABI) surgery in New England on May 20. The ABI, which can restore the sense of hearing to certain patients, has been implanted in about 500 people worldwide.

Two-year-old undergoes cochlear implant surgery (WIS News 10 Columbia)

A mother and father who have waited more than two years to hear their son say "Mommy" and "Daddy" are closer to their dream.

Groundbreaking Ear Implant Surgery Performed on St. Joseph Woman (KQ2 St. Joseph)

A St. Joseph woman is the first in the country to receive a revolutionary new surgery to help her hearing. The surgery was a new approach to a cochlear implant.

Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The risk of complications from general anesthesia is not especially high for elderly patients having a cochlear implant inserted to correct deafness, according to a new report.

Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The risk of complications from general anesthesia is not especially high for elderly patients having a cochlear implant inserted to correct deafness, according to a new report.