Will cochlear implantee eligible for future gene therapy?

[Alessandro Casale]

On 27/4/2017 at 7:03 PM, Cara Mia said:

Alessandro, my understanding is that this option with an electrode releasing steroids can help to preserve the residual hearing after surgery by diminishing the adverse effects of the trauma we get during CI surgery. Unfortunately, it does not to restore the tissues damaged before surgery. But if to speak about hearing preservation, I believe this method is more effective and safe than taking those hormones orally.

-          Thanks  Cara mia, right, my old Clarion was very invasive and destroyed the cochlear tissue because the electrode array was very large (2 mm).

      The real problem is another, removing the Clarion will destroy even more the tissues inside the cochlea and according to me put a new array of electrode releasing steroids helps a lot. I will try to contact this Australian doctor.  He called Jaydip Ray who Who said interesting things on the site I posted before.