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It was a heartwarming infinitesimal erstwhile K. Karthick Kalyani stood alongside Lieutenant Colonel A. Ravikumar, laminitis of Cochlear Implant Program of SRIHER (CLIPS), 2 decades aft helium performed her cochlear implant surgery.
Dr. Ravikumar recalled that the cochlear implantation was performed connected January 21, 2006, erstwhile Ms. Kalyani was 3 years aged and pointed to a paper photograph that captured the 2 of them unneurotic a fewer days aft the surgery.
Ms. Kalyani, who is pursuing a station postgraduate degree, was the archetypal cochlear implant diligent astatine Sri Ramachandra. On Tuesday, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER) celebrated the 20th day of CLIPS, with astir 180 children who had received cochlear implants participating successful the event, a property merchandise said.
Dr. Ravikumar, manager of Chennai ENT Research Centre, said that exertion has improved a lot, and implants are much almighty now. Cochlear implants unsocial are not capable arsenic grooming and therapy is crucial, helium added.
Through CLIPS, much than 300 children person been benefited. There was a multidisciplinary squad involving ENT surgeons, audiologists, code and connection therapists, anaesthesiologists and rehabilitation specialists, the merchandise said.
S. Prasanna Kumar, head, Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, SRIHER, said that the cochlear implantation programme was started 20 years agone to span the spread betwixt soundlessness and the satellite of sound.
Uma Shanker, president, Indian Montessori Centre, Bangalore and director, Indian Montessori Training Courses, Chennai, said that each kid is unsocial and should beryllium fixed the assistance and the enactment needed. “According to Montessori philosophy, we are present to service the child,” she said.
A booklet covering questions often asked by parents including connected proceeding loss, quality betwixt proceeding assistance and cochlear implants, prerequisites for surgery, the procedure, attraction aft surgery, rehabilitation and therapy, and schoolhouse readiness was released connected the occasion.
Uma Sekar, vice chancellor, SRIHER and Prakash Boominathan, principal, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology were present.
