IMPLANTE COCLEAR. ESTADO ACTUAL Y FUTURO

Hearing loss presents a major health problem. Patients with difficulty to hearning and communicating is frustrating for them causing social isolation and low self-esteem, often being associated with depression and dementia in senescence. In health area there are very few developed technologies as quickly as Cochlear Implant. In this editorial we will focus on the most important aspects such as technological innovation, extension of indications and surgical technique, and specially in education aspect and social impact. Probably there are somes aspects to investigate, these sections collect the most important issues of the technique that has revolutionized not only in Otorhinolaryngology field, however the way to deal medical condition, social and communicative human problem.