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To review the clinical indications of cochlear implants (CI) for children and adults, as well as determining its efficacy and safety.

The experience achieved with this technology (cochlear implant) shows favourable results in prelingual and postlingual patients, adults and children, better than those observed in users of hearing-aids or vibrotactile apparatuses, despite the known limitations of the CI which do not permit the same auditive understanding as a person with normal hearing.

CI technology requires a highly specialised multidisciplinary team that takes care of the different phases of the CI programme in coordinated fashion (screening, surgery, scheduling and rehabilitation).