How to choose the brand of cochlear implant?

At present, there are three brands of Cochlear implants in Taiwan Province Province, namely, Advanced Bionic in the United States, Cochlear in Australia and MED-EL in Australia (there are also Norcon Nurotron in Chinese mainland). Each brand of cochlea has its own advantages and disadvantages and its own success stories. Because cochlear implant is a lifetime thing, parents are advised to ask hearing experts about the advantages and disadvantages and characteristics of various products before making a decision, instead of making a hasty decision just by watching a video of a successful case. People in Taiwan Province Province usually consider the following factors:

1, product features: including the advantages and disadvantages of the product, the number of patents obtained, and the compatibility of future technologies.

2. Cochlear implant agent: including professional level, service level, maintenance convenience and whether it can provide a full set of hearing assessment services. Some institutions also provide parents with rehabilitation suggestions in different periods in the future, and regularly track and continuously improve their children's rehabilitation effects, and even provide one-stop services such as dual-mode tuning evaluation and FM system evaluation to integrate all listening links.

3. Economic considerations: In Taiwan Province Province, hearing-impaired families should not only consider the cost of surgery and equipment, but also the cost of after-sales equipment (such as wires, headphones, batteries, related AIDS, etc.). ). Some areas in Taiwan Province Province have related social security services, which can alleviate the related pressure.

Therefore, in Taiwan Province province, hearing-impaired families usually consult professionals, such as doctors and audiologists, before choosing cochlear implant brands (whereas in Chinese mainland, they consult cochlear implant suppliers more). In addition, parents in Taiwan Province Province will compare the technical data of all cochlear implants when choosing, and consult and communicate with relevant cochlear implant families.