[Bilateral cochlear implantation].

Cochlear implant surgery became the standard of care in hearing rehabilitation of patients with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. This procedure may alter the lives of children and adults enabling them to integrate with the hearing population. In the past, implantation was performed only in one ear, despite the fact that binaural hearing is superior to unilateral, especially in noisy conditions.

[Cochlear implantation in children].

The pediatric cochlear implant program was launched in our department in 1990. A year earlier, we began the cochlear implant program in our center. Cochlear implant surgery changed the life of implanted children by enabling integration into the regular education program.