They have pros and cons that you should consider if you are thinking about getting a cochlear implant to help with your severe hearing loss.
- Pro: Cochlear Implants Allow Deaf People To Hear.
- Pro: Giving Older Patients Their Social Lives Back.
- Con: Cochlear Implants are Expensive.
What are the disadvantages and risks of cochlear implants?
What are the disadvantages and risks of cochlear implants?
- Nerve damage.
- Dizziness or balance problems.
- Hearing loss.
- Ringing in your ears (tinnitus)
- Leaks of the fluid around the brain.
- Meningitis, an infection of the membranes around the brain. It’s a rare but serious complication. Get vaccinated to lower your risk.
What are the pros of cochlear implants?
What are the advantages of a cochlear implant?
- You may be able to hear speech at a nearly normal level.
- You may be able to understand speech without lip reading.
- It’s easier to talk on the phone and hear the TV.
- You may be able to hear music better than before.
Who benefits most from cochlear implants?
Adults and children who are as young as six to 12 months old can benefit from cochlear implants. People who have cochlear implants report improved: Ability to hear speech without needing visual cues such as reading lips. Recognition of normal, everyday environmental sounds.
Are cochlear implants a good idea?
Pros. Hearing improvement: Cochlear implants can improve hearing and speech perception for your child. Speech Development: Cochlear implants help improve the clarity of the child’s speech and future development of listening and spoken language skills.
What are some of the dangers of getting cochlear implants?
Risks of cochlear implantation can include: Loss of residual hearing. Implantation of the device can cause a loss of any remaining, unclear, natural hearing in the implanted ear in some people. Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord (meningitis) after cochlear implant surgery. Failure of device.
What are the disadvantages and risks of cochlear implants? Cochlear implant surgery is very safe, but any operation has risks. Problems can include bleeding, infections, and side effects from anesthesia. Other possible complications include: Meningitis, an infection of the membranes around the brain. It’s a rare but serious complication.
Who should consider cochlear implants?
As an adult, you might also be an ideal candidate if you: have hearing loss that disrupts spoken communication lost all or most of your hearing later in life depend on lip reading, even with hearing aids are willing to commit to rehabilitation understand what cochlear implants can and can’t do
What to expect from a cochlear implant?
Improve independence
