The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), has successfully performed cochlear implant surgeries on 10 patients.
Revealing this at a press briefing earlier in the week, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Wale Oke said the patients who were recuperating in the ward, can now hear clearly, adding that the Lagos State government paid N70 million to the hospital for the surgery.
While optimistic that the patients can live a normal life now, the CMD added that they will be sent to speech therapists to help them in speaking.
He said the hospital hopes to restore hearing to more as it now has necessary infrastructure and expertise. “This is the first time that a hospital in Nigeria has done this number of surgeries to restore hearing,” he said.
Head, LASUTH Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) department, Dr. Vincent Adekoya, said cochlea implant surgery was carried out on the patients because they have hearing loss, which could not be addressed by hearing aids.
He said the cochlea implant will pick sound through its microphone in the audio processor, adding that the audio processor analysis and codes sounds into a special pattern of digital information.
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