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The Fourth International Congress on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences will take place in Shiraz. One thousand two hundred and fifty cochlear implant surgical operations have been carried out in shiraz.
Scientific secretary of the Fourth international congress on cochlear implant and related sciences announced, “the congress will take place in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from May 8 to May 10,2016.
According to "Webda" in Shiraz on January 3 in Fars Media Dr.Syed Bashir Hashemi informed that one thousand two hundred and fifty people began to hear due to cochlear implant surgical operations .
12-year history of the use of cochlear implant surgical procedures.
He referred to the history of the country and Shiraz in surgery and added that Iran had twenty-five years of experience in cochlear implant surgical operations, there is twelve years of experiences in Shiraz. The three previous congresses in this field have been held in Tehran and this year the Fourth International Congress on cochlear implant and related sciences will be held in Shiraz to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the implementation of this surgery.
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the National Commission on Cochlear Implants informed that seven thousand cochlear implant surgical operations were carried out in Iran, and one thousand two hundred and fifty operations were carried out Shiraz.
Dr. Hashemi spoke about the implementation of this surgery for people who were born deaf or lost their hearing due to other reasons and added that speech followed hearing and as a result of that surgery both hearing and speech were returned.
The head of the cochlear implant Surgery Center in Shiraz referred that the Fourth International Congress on cochlear implant and related sciences would be held in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, He said prominent domestic and foreign professors would present latest scientific achievements in the field of cochlear implant surgery and related sciences during the three-day Congress.
He mentioned the main purpose of this Congress is to update scientific information among ENT specialist, and he continued that other purpose of the organizers to exchange information, to exchange scientific experience, to transfer technology and new knowledge from international scientists in the field of cochlear implant and related sciences.
Scientific Secretary of the Congress informed that domestic and foreign professors and practitioners of surgery and rehabilitation would exchange the information to acquire knowledge how to treat deaf patients and their families.
Dr.Hashemi added: “ The main topics of the International Congress will be cochlear implants, middle ear implants, audiology, implantable hearing aids, speech and language issues, and implantation in the inner ear normalizes”.
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