Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 25: Five cochlear implant surgeries were performed at Department of ENT, Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital, Jammu under the guidance of Dr Ashutosh Gupta, Principal and Dean, GMC Jammu.
The patients were having bilateral severe to profound hearing loss since childhood. Dr Kapil Sikka (Professor, Department of ENT, AIIMS New Delhi) and Dr Anup Singh (Associate Professor, Department of ENT, AIIMS New Delhi) led the surgical team which included Dr Parmod Kalsotra (Professor and Head), Dr Sonika Kanotra (Professor) and Dr Kamal Kishore (Professor).
Cochlear Implant is an implantable bio medical electronic device which helps children/adults with severe to profound Sensorineural hearing loss, to perceive the sound through an electrical signal. It consists of an internal part called Cochlear implant which consists of an receiver stimulator and an electrode array and an external component called Sound Processor which has microphones to pick up sound and send the signal to inner implant through Radio Frequency.
The surgeons involved in the procedure highlighted the importance of early detection of hearing loss through universal new born hearing screening to identity deafness early. They stressed that this is an important so that early intervention can be done. Since the area of brain involved with listening and language develops fastest during first 3-4 years, so earlier the treatment, better the results.
There were a total of 4 children with youngest being 17 months old and oldest being 6 years old. One underwent bilateral cochlear implant surgery while other 3 children underwent unilateral cochlear implant surgery.
The anaesthesia team was led by Dr Anju Jamwal, Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesia and included Dr Renu Wakhloo, Dr Arti Mahajan and Dr Rishu Parihar. The surgical team also included Vinay, Audiologist Department of ENT, who along with Manrag Jain (from Cochlear Limited) monitored the Neural Response Telemetry which showed good response in all patients after the surgical procedure.
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