A recent study of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) has served to confirm the benefits of placing cochlear implants before the age of two. According to this research, this early placement improves the reading comprehension of boys and girls. What’s more, their level is practically identical to that of children who do not have hearing problems.
The aforementioned study, published in the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Educationemphasizes again the fact that The sooner the implant is placed, the better the language development of the boy or girl who has it.
The question about the age at which a cochlear implant can be performed is common. The experts of the hearing health portal Living the Sound They emphasize in this regard that the sooner the hearing disorder and the implant is performed, the greater the chances that the boy or girl will have normal development. The data are illustrative: if the intervention is carried out early, it can be up to 95% effective.
In adults who have lost hearing After having acquired the language, due to an injury or illness, success is around 85% and the benefits are greater the sooner the language is received. hearing implantsince the person has not yet lost auditory memory.
size helps
Since the approach to the first Cochlear Implant, performed by doctors Djuro and Eyries On February 25, 1957 in France, this technique has undergone a great technological evolution, which has allowed the creation of much smaller implants that provide the user with better hearing. In fact, This reduction in size has also facilitated implementation among the smallest children.
In Spain there are more than eleven thousand people who have received a cochlear implant. It is a simple surgical intervention that consists of the implantation of an electronic device with which acoustic signals are transformed into electrical impulses that stimulate the auditory nerve and send sound to the brain. After the operation, users not only recover their hearing ability but can speak more clearly and understand language easily.
In Spain There are currently 40 implantation centers in all the autonomous communities except Cantabria, La Rioja, Ceuta and Melilla. Both the study and the surgical treatment are fully subsidized by public health, as long as it is carried out in the aforementioned accredited centers.
