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Cochlear implant are established and increasingly used in Malaysia, due to it’s several advantages.
How strong is the market?
Southeast Asia has a large potential patient population because hearing loss is relatively common. A Global Burden of Disease analysis estimated around 103 million people in the Southeast Asia region had moderate-to-complete hearing loss in 2019, including about 400 million with hearing loss of ≥20 dB.
The demand for cochlear implants is increasing, especially in Kuala Lumpur.
What is Cochlear Implant ?
A cochlear implant is a small electronic medical device designed to help people with severe to profound hearing loss who receive limited benefit from hearing aids.
Unlike a hearing aid, which amplifies sound, a cochlear implant bypasses damaged parts of the inner ear and directly stimulates the auditory nerve, allowing the brain to receive sound signals.
What is Cochlear Implant ?
A cochlear implant is a small electronic medical device designed to help people with severe to profound hearing loss who receive limited benefit from hearing aids.
Unlike a hearing aid, which amplifies sound, a cochlear implant bypasses damaged parts of the inner ear and directly stimulates the auditory nerve, allowing the brain to receive sound signals.
Why Choose Cochlear Implant for your hearing loss ?
People with severe-to-profound hearing loss may be candidates for a cochlear implant even at any ages. Cochlear implants are suitable for people of all age groups – children and adults. The latest technology in Cochlear implant even allows it to be customized based of the size and length of the recipient’s cochlea, thus further optimising its benefits.
Here are a few benefits of cochlear implant for children:
What Professionals Say About Cochlear Implant ?
Prof Dr Tang Ing Ping, a renowned Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Specialist, who is currently the Head of ENT Department in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), the Senior Consultant at Sarawak General and the visiting surgeon at several other hospitals, locally and abroad. He is very optimistic about the outcome of Cochlear Implant and other Hearing Implant Technologies.
“The invention of Cochlear Implant has allowed professionals like us to again see the hope in helping and ensuring people who are suffering from previously untreatable hearing conditions, to be able to hear and live like a normal hearing person.” Says Prof Dr Tang.
Prof Tang, with his medical teams, has performed several hundred hearing implants locally and abroad, his team in Sarawak General Hospital was the first in Malaysia to perform the Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI), a type of hearing implant that is meant for retro-cochlear hearing loss that could not be helped by Cochlear Implant due to medical and anatomical reasons.
Another advice from Prof Dr Tang Ing Ping: As soon as you discover that you may have hearing impairment, it is essential to:
– Seek early consultation from a doctor or audiologist.
– Start early medical and audiological intervention.
– Act early if medical technologies like Hearing Aids & Hearing Implant are suggested.
hearLIFE Hearing Care Centre is a recognised leader in hearing aid and implant care and is partnered with various hospitals throughout Malaysia.
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