Cochlear Implant

CC Saha Ltd

Cochlear Implant In Kolkata

We aim to provide essential care to patients by offering a complete range of technologically advanced treatments for patients who are looking for a cochlear implant in Kolkata and surrounding areas.

A cochlear implant is not the same as a hearing aid. Adults and children having bilateral severe hearing loss from inner-ear damage can be benefitted from a cochlear implant.

People after a cochlear implant need rehabilitation sessions to get used to the device.

Our team strive to bring back sounds in the life of individuals suffering from hearing loss with a cochlear implant in Kolkata.

What is a Cochlear Implant System?

A cochlear implant system is a medical device for individuals with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. For individuals with this type of hearing impairment, hearing aids provide little or no benefit.

A cochlear implant system bypasses the nonfunctioning part of the cochlea and delivers electrical signals directly to the auditory nerve.

Cochlear implant systems can be used effectively by both prelingually and postlingually deafened children and adults.

How a Cochlear Implant System Works?

Cochlear implant systems convert everyday sounds into coded electrical pulses.

These electrical pulses stimulate nerve fibres in the cochlea. The hearing nerve transmits the signals to the brain where they are interpreted as sound.

The implant continuously stimulates at very high speed. As the brain receives sound information instantaneously, sounds are heard as they occur.

Sounds are picked up by the microphone in the audio processor.
The audio processor analyses and codes sounds into a special pattern of digital information.
This information is sent to the coil and is transmitted across the skin to the implant.
The implant interprets the code and sends electrical pulses to the electrodes contacts in the cochlea.
The hearing nerve picks up the signals and sends them to the auditory center in the brain. The brain recognizes these signals as sound.

General Candidacy Criteria

For children, a profound sensorineural hearing loss.
For adults, a severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss.
Age at implantation may be as young as several months, depending on individual circumstances and local practices.
Receive little or no benefit from hearing aids.
No medical contraindications.
High motivation and appropriate expectations.
Access to education and (re)habilitation follow-up.