¿Qué es un implante coclear? / What is a cochlear implant?
Med. infant
; 25(2): 142-145, Junio 2018. tab, ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-909144
Responsible library:
AR305.1
Localization: AR305.1
RESUMEN
La hipoacusia representa un importante problema de salud. La dificultad de oír y comunicarse es frustrante para las personas provocando aislamiento social, baja autoestima y muchas veces se acompaña de depresión. Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), hoy en día se estima que 360 millones de personas en el mundo viven con pérdida auditiva incapacitante. En Argentina nacen aproximadamente 700.000 chicos por año; de estos, entre 1 y 3 de cada mil tienen hipoacusia. La discapacidad auditiva constituye el 18 por ciento de las discapacidades en el país, la cual se reparte en un 86,6 por ciento de dificultad auditiva y un 13,4 por ciento de sordera. El implante coclear es un producto sanitario implantable activo, de alta tecnología y precisión, encaminado a restablecer la audición de aquellas personas que padezcan una sordera causada por la destrucción de las células ciliadas de la cóclea, estimulando directamente las células ganglionares (nervio auditivo) mediante señales eléctricas encargadas de transmitir la información codificada al cerebro. Hay que recordar que, al ser una prótesis, no cura definitivamente la sordera. Hay muy pocas tecnologías sanitarias que se hayan desarrollado tan rápidamente como el Implante Coclear (AU)
ABSTRACT
Hearing loss is a major health problem. Difficulties in hearing and communicating are frustrating leading to social isolation, low self-esteem and are often associated with depression. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), currently it is estimated that 360 million people in the world live with disabling hearing loss. In Argentina, approximately 700,000 children are born per year; of these, between 1 and 3 each 1,000 have hearing loss. Hearing impairment accounts for 18 percent of disabilities in the country, of which 86.6% consists of hearing loss and 13.4% of deafness. The cochlear implant is a high-technology and high-precision active implantable device aimed at restoring the hearing in individuals who suffer from deafness caused by the destruction of the ciliated cells of the cochlea, directly stimulating the ganglion cells (auditory nerve) through electrical signals that transmit codified information to the brain. It is important to consider that, being a prosthesis, it does not definitively cure deafness. There are very few technological health devices that have been developed as rapidly as the cochlear implant (AU)
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Cochlear Implants
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Cochlear Implantation
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Deafness
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Hearing Loss
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Med. infant
Journal subject:
Pediatrics
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan/AR