A new study has demonstrated the safe implantation of a cochlear device in elderly patients with showing no serious complications as an outcome of general anesthesia.

The researchers said there is no high ratio of complications to insert the device into older people to correct the hearing problem of deafness.

Phenomenon of cochlear implants involves the putting up these devices under the skull which translate sound directly into electrical impulse into the acoustic nerves and can perform well in the people who could not be benefited by conventional hearing aids.

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