New Delhi, May 24: Primus Super Specialty Hospital in New Delhi has set up a special department which boasts a range of specialists for providing the most advanced Cochlear Implant surgeries to patients.
The world-renowned surgeon, Professor JM Hans, who pioneered the minimal invasive Veria technique to Cochlear Implants in India is heading the team.
“We decided to set up a department because the team concept in cochlear implant evaluation is extremely important and it allows for an exchange of information between the surgeon and other members of the implant team and rehabilitation process. This includes audiologists, speech and language therapists, social workers, and psychologists,” says Prof. J. M Hans, Director, ENT & Cochlear Surgery Dep’t of Primus Super Specialty Hospital.
Prof. Hans is the only Indian who does implants with all the 4 implant systems—Advance Bionics, Med-El, Nuclues and MXN Digisonic. He has more than 300 cochlear implant surgeries to his credit. The advanced Veria Method was also started by Prof. Hans in India, and has now been started, under his guidance, in over seven centers in India & SAARC countries. “Earlier the patient had to go abroad for this operation and spend around 25 lakhs.