The Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) would soon begin cochlea implant surgery to restore hearing to the deaf, its Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Edmund Banwant, said in Jos on Monday.
The JUTH boss made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after receiving the materials from Dr Douglas Green, the Managing Director of Jacksonville Hearing and Balance Institute, Centre One, based in the U. S., the donor of the materials.
A Cochlea Impant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing in both ears.
Cochlea implants bypass normal hearing process; they have a microphone and some electronics that reside outside the skin, generally behind the ear.
The electronics transmit a signal to an array of electrodes placed in the cochlea, which stimulate the cochlea nerve.
The JUTH boss said “we have received state-of-the-art laboratory materials for cochlea implant surgery; we shall use the facility to train more people to restore hearing to Nigerians already deaf.” Banwat told NAN that the materials were the first of their kind in the country and shall make JUTH the first hospital equipped to carry out such operation.
He said “this donation marks a major watershed in ear treatment in Nigeria”, explaining that cochlea implant surgery would be disected to ensure temporal
bone that would help more patients with hearing issues in the country.
In a separate interview, Dr Tonga Nimkur, the Head, Otorhinolaryngology (head, neck and throat surgery), described the development as a major boost to healthcare delivery in the country.
He said “the items will be very crucial to caring for patients with ear, nose and throat issues.”
Nimkur said more surgeons would be trained in that aspect of surgery as it was not common in the country.
On his part, Green said the materials cost 700,000 Dollars and would be used to perform surgeries on persons with ear, nose and throat problems.
He said the items could also be used to provide on-hand training for more surgeons to help the country.
He added that “the idea behind the donation is to honour God by restoring hearing to those that have lost theirs.” (NAN)
Source: Leadership News
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