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Need advice regarding cochlear implant
Sir or madam, my mother is facing hearing loss problem since last 4 years ..Hearing aids not working properly.. According to audiogram 90-95 damage in right and left ear..So what's the solutions..It's advisable to surgery (cochlear implant) age is 48..Is it helpful to hearing.. Thanks in advance
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Yes, cochlear implant maybe of help to her.
I assume she has progressive hearing loss since the problem is last 4 years. Cochlear implant will help people in whom hearing aids do not help.Patients upto 80 years have been doing good with the implant, your mother's age is quite appropriate.
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She needs to visit an ENT doctor.
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Dr. Shib Shankar Roy
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Cochlear implant can be done after confirming the amount of living cochlear fibre entering to cochlea and provided no retrocochlear pathology is there.
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Go for MRI and BERA
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