Organization of postoperative rehabilitation of deaf patients after cochlear and stembrain implantation
Koroleva I.V., Kuzovkov V.E., Yanov Yu.K.

Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech

The article analyzes the problems of organization of rehabilitation of deaf patients after cochlear and stembrain implantation. The authors determine the conditions necessary to ensure a high effect of cochlear implantation as a high-tech method for the restoration of auditory function. There are 3 levels of interaction in the process of organization of the patient’s rehabilitation: 1) the macro level (government, including ministries of health, education and social protection), 2) meso level (cochlear implantation centers, medical and pedagogical universities), 3) microlevel (surdological / rehabilitation centers, educational institutions ). Two steps of the organization of auditory rehabilitation of children with cochlear implants are shown as a long-term process. Local  medical centers provide technical and medical support to a patient with auditory implants during his life. The present policy of the Government of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Health in the field of promotion of modern technologies of treatment and rehabilitation of deaf children and adults is consecutive.  It is concluded that an important condition for increasing the effectiveness of auditory implantation as a medical technology is the development of a system of psychological and pedagogical support for children with cochlear and brainstem implants on the basis of the centers of cochlear implantation and regional surdological centers. 

Key words: deafness, cochlear implantation, auditory brainstem implantation, organization of rehabilitation of the patients after cochlear implantation.
For citation: Koroleva I.V., Kuzovkov V.E., Yanov Yu.K. Organization of postoperative rehabilitation of deaf patients after cochlear and stembrain implantation // RMJ. 2017. № 23. P. 1684–1686.