title: [Application of implantable electronic prostheses for patients with hearing impairment].
abstract: Introduction of implantable electronic prostheses to the clinical practice has created new possibilities of hearing and language communication improvement. Currently implants of various types are used as prostheses implanted in the external ear, temporal bone, middle ear, inner ear and brain stem. Applying appropriate acoustic and electric stimulation they allow us to effectively improve auditory abilities and introduce born deaf patient to the world of sounds or bring back to the world postlingually deafened patient.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Fizjologii i Patologii Słuchu. a.lorens@ichs.pl
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorens
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piotrowska
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skarzyński
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Obrycka
mesh_terms: D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design