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A three-year-old boy named Jaiden plays as his speech-language therapist smiles.

Case Study: Overcoming Inconsistent Auditory Skills 1-2 Years After Cochlear Implantation

What can be done when a three-year-old child’s listening and speaking skills stop showing signs of improvement? What strategies can rehabilitation specialists use when a young cochlear implant recipient has inconsistent auditory skills and a short attention span? This case study provides insights that may be relevant for speech-language therapists with similar patients.

Surgery

Endoscopic Ear Surgery: Ossicular Reconstruction and Stapes Surgery

With endoscopic ear surgery, surgeons can get a wider field of view when implanting passive middle ear prostheses for ossicular reconstruction and stapes surgery. Learn what tips and tricks Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Anschütz has for using an endoscope while implanting tympanoplasty and stapes prostheses from MED-EL.

Professor Zhao - ENT Surgeon, specializes in children with Congenital Microtia-Atresia

Audiology

BONEBRIDGE in Children with Congenital Microtia-Atresia: Professor Zhao

People with Congenital Microtia-Atresia (CMA) have malformations of the pinna and the external auditory canal. Often the middle ear anatomy is also affected and shows abnormalities. The vast majority of children born with CMA have moderate to severe conductive hearing loss from the very beginning of their lives. We all know that this has an