Chennai: Doctors at a Chennai hospital have announced conducting bilateral simultaneous cochlear implantation surgery of a two-year old toddler from Odisha.
The toddler is the youngest recipient of this device simultaneously implanted bilaterally with the most advanced sound processor technology with wireless (off the ear) speech processors in Tamilnadu, said doctors of MGM Institute of ENT, Head & Neck Surgery.
They said this is the third consecutive successful bilateral wireless cochlear implantation surgery post the official launch of the cochlear implant programme three months ago at the hospital.
The toddler was diagnosed with congenital deafness during a routine screening of speech and hearing assessment after birth. He was monitored at regular intervals and no improvement in his hearing was observed despite the use of best available hearing aids.
The family then consulted the experts at MGM Healthcare and after the primary examination, Dr Sanjeev Mohanty and his team informed the family that cochlear implantation was the only viable remedial option to avoid complete deafness with impairment of speech and communication.