Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 29: In a first, a Bilateral Cochlear implant surgery was done in J&K in a single sitting at ASCOMS Hospital.
The surgery was performed by Dr Shalabh Sharma, Senior ENT Surgeon, Director of Cochlear Implant unit from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi under the supervision of Dr Rajesh Kumar, Professor and Head, Department of ENT, ASCOMS and his team comprising Dr Sachin Gupta, Dr Navneet Gupta and Dr Hardeep.
The anesthesia team was comprised of Dr Nandita Mehta, Head of Anesthesia Department, Dr Sunaina Gupta and others.
The surgery performed was first of its kind surgery on a 10 yr old child who was having profound degree of hearing loss with delayed speech and language development. The child was unable to have any significant benefit from hearing aids. The main objective of the surgery was to provide better hearing capacity as well as appropriate speech and language development in the child.
ASCOMS Hospital is planning to make Cochlear Implant surgery programme an ongoing process & will be conducting these surgeries on regular basis so as to provide maximum relief to hearing impaired children for their proper hearing and speech growth and also help them to live normal and happy life like other normal hearing children.
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