Cochlear Implant Case Study

I am very grateful to be given the opportunity to express my views on this little boy “Marcus” who is 5 years old and deaf. Marcus contracted meningitis when he was 2 and a half years old,and as a result lost his hearing. He was beginning to use simple words and sentences before his sickness, but since then his mainly communication has been signs and gestures (Total communication). He is also attending speech and hearing impaired kindergarten for six month, and was a very attentive and eager student Marcus parents are considering a new surgical technology called the “Cochlear Implant” that can restore some of his hearing disability. This implant is a procedure that allows sounds and speeches to be processed and send to the brain,and improve some hearing. …show more content…
This also involves a medical evaluation of the nose, throat,ear,CT Scan, and MRI of the brain and children need phycological evaluation to determine if they are a good candidate. Yet the device do not restore normal hearing,it just allows sounds and speeches to be processed and send to the brain. Another reason why I disagree with the surgery is that after the device is placed on the patient he cannot have MRI and CT Scan because the device is made up of metal material. Should in case the patient gets sick and the doctors need to diagnose the patient for treatment he cannot because the metal material makes it impossible for the doctors to give the patient the right treatment. There is also the possibility of infection of fluid around the brain after the implant. After the surgery the child might be irritated by the device