The Pakistan (Lahore) cochlear implant programme: issues relating to implantation in a developing country

• Published in: Journal of laryngology and otology Vol. 121; no. 8; pp. 745 - 750
• Main Authors: Khan, M I J, Mukhtar, N, Saeed, S R, Ramsden, R T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Age; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Cochlear Implants; Correction of Hearing Impairment - organization & administration; Deafness; Developing Countries; Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology; Families & family life; Female; General aspects; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - rehabilitation; Humans; Infant; LDCs; Listening; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Meningitis; Non tumoral diseases; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Pakistan; Patients; Pediatrics; Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Rehabilitation; Sensorineural Deafness; Surgery; Surgical outcomes; Transplants & implants; Asia; Pakistan; Lahore Pakistan; Sensorineural Deafness; Developing Countries; Cochlear Implants; Human; Sanitary program; Treatment; Surgery; Auditory disorder; Developing countries; Cochlear implant; ENT disease; Hearing loss

The Pakistan cochlear implant programme was started in Lahore in August 2000. It was initially established with the technical support of the Manchester cochlear implant team. There are no government resources available for cochlear implantation in Pakistan and the cost of cochlear implantation is me...