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Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals
Cochlear implantation has become established worldwide as a safe and effective method of auditory rehabilitation of selected severely and profound deaf children and adults. Over 100,000 patients have received cochlear implants worldwide with the paediatric population proving to be the main beneficia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21694783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v6i0.5930 |
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author | Salamat, Ali Esriti, Anwer Ehtuish, Asia El-Ogbi, Samya |
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description | Cochlear implantation has become established worldwide as a safe and effective method of auditory rehabilitation of selected severely and profound deaf children and adults. Over 100,000 patients have received cochlear implants worldwide with the paediatric population proving to be the main beneficiaries. The Libyan cochlear implant programme was set up in 2004. Data relating to the patients who received cochlear implantation at Tripoli Medical Centre between October 2007 and February 2010 were analysed. Implant operations were performed on 37 patients. All patients received Med-El SONATA(TI)(100) devices. Thirty-four (91.9%) of these patients were children, whilst three (8.1%) were adults. Combined, congenital hearing loss (56.8%) and perinatal/neonatal (29.7%) were the two main aetiological factors in children. Seventeen patients (45.9%) had a positive family history of deafness. Sixteen patients (43.2%) were born to blood-related parents. The overall rate of minor and major complications was 16.2%, which is comparable to previous studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-31187842011-06-21 Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals Salamat, Ali Esriti, Anwer Ehtuish, Asia El-Ogbi, Samya Libyan J Med Special Article Cochlear implantation has become established worldwide as a safe and effective method of auditory rehabilitation of selected severely and profound deaf children and adults. Over 100,000 patients have received cochlear implants worldwide with the paediatric population proving to be the main beneficiaries. The Libyan cochlear implant programme was set up in 2004. Data relating to the patients who received cochlear implantation at Tripoli Medical Centre between October 2007 and February 2010 were analysed. Implant operations were performed on 37 patients. All patients received Med-El SONATA(TI)(100) devices. Thirty-four (91.9%) of these patients were children, whilst three (8.1%) were adults. Combined, congenital hearing loss (56.8%) and perinatal/neonatal (29.7%) were the two main aetiological factors in children. Seventeen patients (45.9%) had a positive family history of deafness. Sixteen patients (43.2%) were born to blood-related parents. The overall rate of minor and major complications was 16.2%, which is comparable to previous studies. CoAction Publishing 2011-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3118784/ /pubmed/21694783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v6i0.5930 Text en © 2011 Ali Salamat et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Special Article Salamat, Ali Esriti, Anwer Ehtuish, Asia El-Ogbi, Samya Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals |
title | Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals |
title_full | Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals |
title_fullStr | Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals |
title_full_unstemmed | Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals |
title_short | Libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals |
title_sort | libyan cochlear implant programme: achievements, difficulties, and future goals |
topic | Special Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21694783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v6i0.5930 |
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