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Volume 358:1522-1524 April 3, 2008 Number 14
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Cochlear Implants

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by Papsin, B. C.
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To the Editor: The review article by Papsin and Gordon (Dec. 6, 2007, issue)1 provides useful information about cochlear implantation. However, additional practical points should be noted. The majority of patients with hearing impairment live in countries where the cost of a cochlear implant is the most influential factor. For example, in Iran, two thirds of the price of a $20,000 implant is covered by the government, and the perioperative costs would not exceed $2,000, but fewer than 2000 implants have been inserted in the past 10 years, whereas this figure reaches more than 40,000 in the United States.2 The . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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