Full Description
This book is a comprehensive illustration of content covering cochlear implants' past, present, and future perspectives. It delves into history, about how the first implant was conceived around 50 years ago and how modern cochlear implants provide better hearing and speech discrimination with the evolution of technology. This book discusses the basic working principles of cochlear implants, along with a review of their clinical use. The book also elaborates upon the various surgical techniques authored by clinicians who are pioneers. This book covers various important topics such as implantation in abnormal cochleas, bilateral implantation, implanting with acoustic and electric stimulation, and re-implantation. The book guides selecting the suitable candidates, describing preoperative evaluation and imaging techniques. This book will be an invaluable source of guidance for ENT surgeons, Audiologists, and Neurologists, along with undergraduate and postgraduate students in Audiology and ENT.
Contents
A Historical Review of the Development of Cochlear Implants.- History of Cochlear Implants in India.- Evolution of Cochlear Plant Technology Over the last 35 Years.- Surgical Anatomy and Imaging of the Temporal Bone with Cochlear Implant Imaging.- Cochlear Implants in Clinical Use Worldwide Today.- Candidacy and Evaluation of a Potential Candidate for Cochlear Implantation.- Prognostic Modelling and Machine Learning in Cochlear Implantation.- Cochlear Implant surgery Using Posterior Tympanotomy and Cochleostomy.- Cochlear Implant Surgery Using the Veria Technique.- Cochlear Implantation Through the Round Window Approach.- Classification and Management of Inner Ear Malformations.- Bilateral Cochlear Implants.- Subtotal Petrosectomy and cochlear Implantation.- Cochlear Implants for Single-Sided Deafness.- Hearing Preservation and Electro-Acoustic Stimulation in Cochlear Implant.- Endoscopic Assisted Cochlear Implantation.- Robot-Assisted Cochlear Implantation.- Structure Preservation ofthe Inner Ear in Cochlear Implantation.- Candidacy Considerations and Other Medical and Surgical Issues for Cochlear Implantation in Children.- Explantation and Reimplantation of Cochlear Implants.- Surgical Complications Following Cochlear Implantation.- Recent Trends in Cochlear Implant Programming and (Re)habiliation.- Cochlear Implant Reliability.- Cochlear Implants - Recent Advances and New Horizons.
