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Aachen University Hospital, Germany
Cochlear implantation in the elderly enhances quality of life
October 17th, 2004
According to healthcare experts, cochlear implantation in senior citizens seems to be not-cost effective, due to a belief that elderly patients perform poorly in the postoperative audiological rehabilitation process due to degenerative processes in the central and peripheral auditory system. Other studies have suggested that the auditory processing difficulties in elderly patients might be a result of physiological changes within the cochlea; therefore bypassing the cochlea and stimulating the auditory nerve directly could reduce the clinical manifestations of the auditory processing problem. The elderly do have concurrent physical, mental and...
Source: Disease Risk Factor Week (2004-10-17)
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