The Evolving Science of Cochlear Implants

• Autores: Graeme M. Clark, Jonathan C. M. Clark, John B. Furness
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 310, Nº. 12, 2013, págs. 1225-1226
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Graeme M. Clark and colleagues describe the evolving science of cochlear implants and the histopathology associated with a patient who had his implant removed when it failed in 1983 and again in 1998. Dr Clark has been awarded the 2013 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his pioneering work in cochlear implant development.

    In 1978, the first multichannel cochlear implant was developed in Australia and a prototype was surgically implanted in a 48-year-old patient (MC-1). After a series of clinical trials, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the Australian cochlear implant in adults in 1985, and subsequently, the agency has approved the device for use in infants as young as 6 months of age. During the past 3 decades, more than 300 000 patients have had their hearing restored with cochlear implants. In this Viewpoint, we describe how the assessment of the temporal bone of MC-1, the first patient to receive a cochlear implant, is aiding the further development of the device.