Podcast: A Cochlear Implant to Benefit the Deaf

A cochlear implant surgery will be performed live over the Internet from Tampa General Hospital on July 26, 2007 at 4 p.m. ET on OR-Live.com A cochlear implant is an electronic device that helps provide a sense of sound to people who are deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. Both adults and children can benefit from this procedure.

The implant consists of an external portion that sits behind the ear and an internal portion that is surgically placed under the skin. The surgery will be performed at Tampa General Hospital by Loren Bartels, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director of the Tampa Bay Hearing and Balance Center, and Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Christopher Danner, M.D., an ear specialist at the Tampa Bay Hearing and Balance Center will narrate the procedure.

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• cochlear
• implant
• deaf
• hard-of-hearing
• otolaryngology
• ear
• hearing
• sound
• auditory

[ellenasl]

@basheersubei usually one ear, and then later on the second ear if it's really beneficial and wanted.

[MajDanger]

bilateral implants occure but are rare to be precise. I'm not sure why but I think its due to the cost envolved and/or age of the recipiant.

I am a CI recipiant in my left ear and yes you are right, determining sound direction is very difficult. But you know what my friend? I REALLY DO NOT CARE ONE DERN BIT ABOUT THAT!

I can hear again. Its not perfec mind you ( close) and worlds away from being crappy. You think I care what direction a whipporwhil is singing from?

[basheersubei]

Nice! Great video!

I have a question:

Do they usually perform cochlear implants on BOTH ears, or just ONE ear? because if one ear only, then patient would still lack bilateral hearing and cannot determine sound source. They should find a way to restore bilateral hearing with minimum risk.

[johnbeyer]

So, they are able to hear after the surgery? or better?

[TheStupidSketchShow]

thats really cool!