Abstract

The indications for cochlear implantation have changed and expanded considerably over the last years. Patients with residual hearing now receive a cochlear implant as soon as conventional hearing aids do not bring any further benefit. Newborn hearing screening allows for CI surgery in very young children, a fact to be considered by anaesthesiologists as well as the multi-disciplinary teams in the rehabilitation centres. CI in unilateral deafness also incurs other requirements. Complications in CI surgery are rare and can be handled if the surgeon is well experienced. All in all, the method of cochlear implantation, proved and tested since the early 1980 s, is successful and reliable.

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