Providing quality medical services and compassionate care to the people for over three decades, Sarvodaya Hospital, Faridabad has achieved a major milestone in the medical world by performing cochlear implant surgery on a 5-month-old baby suffering from congenital hearing loss. This surgery was performed for the first time in India at such a young age. The boy had hearing problems since birth. This cochlear implant was performed by a team of doctors led by Dr. Ravi Bhatia, Director of Otolaryngology and Cochlear Implants. In this procedure, a small electronic device is installed in the patient’s ear. This case made it clear that if problems in children are diagnosed and identified early, the quality of life can be improved by providing them with the best treatment.
Of every 1,000 children born in India, between 4 and 6 are born with hearing loss. In this situation, children are born with reduced hearing ability. This defect occurs due to abnormal development of the baby’s auditory system in the womb or is inherited from parents as a genetic disorder. The hearing ability of many newborns is not tested, so it is estimated that the number of babies suffering from this defect is even higher.
The 4.5-month-old baby was admitted to Sarvodaya Hospital’s Otorhinolaryngology and Cochlear Implant Center after his grandparents noticed his poor response to simple sounds like clapping or the whistling of a stove. The boy’s father also had a hearing problem since birth, so the family became worried about the boy. Previously, the baby was examined at a local clinic, which revealed severe hearing loss in both ears.
After arriving at Sarvodaya Hospital, he was given a detailed audiological examination with the help of modern diagnostic tools including tympanometry (middle ear function test), autoacoustic emission (cell function test in the inner ear) and auditory response. of the brainstem. (auditory nerve and auditory pathway function testing), and advanced imaging studies such as CT and MRI were performed, which confirmed his disorder. After this, the team of doctors decided to perform cochlear implant surgery. Now that baby is 10 months old and leads a healthy and normal life.
In this regard, Dr. Ravi Bhatia, Director of Otorhinolaryngology and Cochlear Implants, Sarvodaya Hospital, Faridabad, said that we have performed more than 300 cochlear implants at Sarvodaya Hospital, which has improved the hearing ability and quality of life of many patients. . This case demonstrates our commitment to performing modern cochlear implant surgery with compassionate care, cutting-edge technology, accessibility, affordability, patient safety and quality. Cochlear implants can be placed at any age, but starting when hearing loss begins.
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