What are the advantages and disadvantages of cochlear implant?

The advantage of cochlear implant is to help people rebuild their hearing, but the disadvantage is that there may be slight complications, and because of metal implants, they may not be able to do MRI.

1. Cochlear implant is a means to improve hearing to a great extent for the disabled who wear hearing AIDS and have weak and severely impaired hearing. The biggest difference from wearing a hearing aid is that electronic devices need to be implanted into the cochlea through surgery to convert external sounds into electrical signals and directly stimulate the auditory nerve, thus achieving the purpose of listening. For patients with severe deafness, after language training, they can integrate into normal society and life.

2. Cochlear implant surgery can greatly treat nerve deafness and improve hearing, but after all, it is artificial and requires surgical implantation, and some complications may occur, such as tinnitus, headache, wound infection and postoperative bleeding. However, these complications are mild, just like ordinary ear canal surgery, so don't worry too much. In addition, because the cochlear implant is a metal implant, it may not be possible to do MRI after operation.