Indications and results of the multichannel cochlear implant.
In the case of total deafness, the multichannel cochlear implant prosthesis constitutes a substantial improvement. It allows known words to be recognized without lip reading, with a great percentage of good responses. Clinical and phoniatric results are reported in 21 cases of patients with implants.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D003051:Cochlea / Q000601:surgery*; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013016:Sound; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000601:surgery