The Mayo Clinic experience with the cochlear implant.
The implantation of a cochlear electronic prosthetic device is an acceptable means of improving the communication ability of pre- and postlingually deafened children and adults. A significant number of patients in this series are in the senior citizen age group. It has been beneficial in improving communication ability in selected profoundly deafened individuals. There has been a significant improvement in the cochlear electronic prosthetic device since the initial report of Djourno in 1957.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003054:Cochlear Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004584:Electronystagmography; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013689:Telephone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data