Abstract

ORDONEZ LUNA, Angela Carolina  and  LAZARTE VILLARROEL, Ibeth Tatiana. Hearing rehabilitation after a cochlear implant; traditional and new methods. Revista UNITEPC [online]. 2020, vol.7, n.2, pp.20-33. ISSN 2520-9825.

Summary Introduction: The cochlear implant is a small electronic biome-dical device, which is inserted in patients with profound sensori-neural hearing loss unilaterally or bilaterally, with cochlear origin and whose purpose is to help listening, after the implantation process. There are traditional methods that help us during hea-ring rehabilitation. This work's objective is to compile informa-tion about traditional and new methods in hearing rehabilitation after a cochlear implant. Methodology: A bibliographic search was carried out in the electronic databases Elsevier, PubMed, NCBI and Google Scho-lar. Development: 458 titles were reviewed, from which 51 articles fulfill our selection criteria. The traditional methods, as well as the music therapy insertion as a new in-tervention, have the aim to give life quality to the person with hearing impairment. Discussion and conclusions: The findings made in this work are already considered scientific evidence and the purpose is that they serve as a base for future research in our country. This type of surgery will be increasingly in demand and requires knowled-ge about the subject by our students and specialist professionals in the area.

Keywords : Cochlear Implants; Hearing Loss; Sensorineural; Correction of Hearing Impairment; Methods (Source: DeCS - Health Sciences Descriptors).

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