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What percentage of cochlear implants are successful?

Cochlear implants are regarded as a largely successful treatment. It has been reported that less than 0.2% of recipients reject the implant, which is an incredibly low rate, especially when compared to other medical prostheses. 

The overwhelming evidence states that cochlear implants successfully improve hearing. For instance, 82.% of people with postlingual hearing loss and 53.4% of those with prelingual hearing loss say their speech perception ability increased by 15 percentage points or more. 

Despite the success rate, however, patients’ expectations for the outcome of cochlear implant surgery must be realistic. Cochlear implants do not cure hearing loss or restore normal hearing but rather allow recipients to perceive the sensation of sound.

What is a mastoidectomy with cochlear implant?

Is cochlear implant surgery a major surgery?

Is mastoid bone removal surgery painful?

How long does it take to recover from a mastoidectomy with cochlear implant surgery?

What happens if the mastoid bone is removed?

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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