Russian doctors give me poetry of life sounds

In the Russian provincial city of Voronezh, 500 kilometers from Moscow, surgeons have created miracles to restore hearing to young children. Unfortunate babies with congenital deafness are now offered free high-tech surgery.

In-ear transplantation surgery in a special apparatus, in Russia, was previously only performed in the major professional centers of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. But the capital hospitals are not enough to serve all deaf children in the vast Russia, and more for families, the treatment course in urban areas is too expensive. But now the stage called cochlear implant has started to work successfully in Voronezh. It must be said that in this regard local surgeons are not completely 'new soldiers'. Previously, they had conducted similar activities, only other things were done for adults. Now their patients include children. In one hospital alone, it was possible to provide hearing surgery completely free of charge to about 50 children.

The cochlear implant system consists of two components - internal and external. Inside is the so-called electrical membrane, implanted in the baby's "cochlea." Outside is the center of words. After a month the part is connected, and the child begins to hear the sounds of life.

Even during the surgery and transplantation was able to receive signals from the brain. Doctors believe that even with congenital deafness, this technology cycle is still effective. The main thing is to diagnose problems with hearing as soon as possible and not delay the surgery. The younger the child, the easier it is for the baby to undergo rehabilitation, quickly adapt and integrate into community exchanges.

It must be said that the operation is only one part of the complicated work with the name of an electronic 'cochlear' implant . Then start the most important stage, restore hearing function . The most troublesome part is how to make babies hear sounds and understand them. Because when a child with congenital deafness begins to hear sounds, she will experience a state of near shock. After that, it is necessary to create a voice process and practice under the guidance of experts to develop words.

Among the first characters to perform a headset recovery surgery are twins Arina and Artem. That was a few years ago in Moscow. Now they can listen and speak, go to regular high school, and learn more music. Their mother wishes that Arina will become a pianist. Today, the greatest happiness for this mother is to listen to her daughter playing cards and rabbits every day.