A Bobigny, a cochlear implant placed directly

In the video room of the hospital Avicenna of Bobigny, applause resounded. After an hour and a half of a difficult, Bruno Frachet, ENT chief of the institution completes the installation of a cochlear implant on a patient of 67 years. For the first time, the surgery was broadcast live. Nearly fifty enthusiastic spectators had responded to this initiative organized in the framework of the 11st National Day of Hearing, Thursday, March 13. In the broadcast room, journalists, members of associations, hearing impaired or appareillées already awaiting an implant comment on the delicate intervention. "I had the impression of an outstanding film," said a woman came to learn about cochlear implants. For pigmenter it all, the spread was placed under the sign of interactivity. The public was able to ask questions directly to the teacher to understand the progress of the intervention. As for the deaf, they had subtitles for follow comments from Bruno Frachet and a sound amplification. In France, 700 cochlear implants are placed annually in a dozen establishments specialized in microsurgery highly accurate, 135000 in the world. To date, nearly five million people are affected by hearing in France. 50000 of them might be interested in the installation of a cochlear implant.