First Synchrony Cochlear Implant AT SMS

First Synchrony Cochlear Implant AT SMS

Patients would not face any problems in MRI. No threat to ear fluids. 

The doctors at ENT department of SMS hospital have succeeded in putting the Synchrony Cochlear Implant in the ear of a 24-year-old man from Mansarovar. According to the doctors, the patient could not hear after a severe fever when he was 5 years old. Hospital administrator and HOD of ENT department Dr. Man Prakash Sharma, supervised the operation performed by Dr. Mohnesh Grover. The claimed that this has been the first implant done in Rajasthan.

Dr. U. S Agarwal of Medical College adds further that around 200 cochlear implants of the simple kind have been performed till now. The right time of operation and speech therapy plays a crucial role here. The implant on a government level is an achievement in itself.

Operation procedure – According to Dr. Grover, an incision was made behind the ear and the inner bone was scraped. A hole was made in the inner area of the ear (Cochlea) near the mouth nerve and the implant was put inside. The position of the implant is verified through computer software during the operation. After 3 weeks the outer part of the implant would be put.