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Cochlear Implants

Clinical Information

This operation is routinely performed in children and adults who have to severe to profound hearing loss in both ears. This hearing loss may be due to a number of causes. The operation involves placement of an electronic device within the skull and inner ear that directly stimulates the hearing nerve leading to the brain.

Providers
Portrait of Samuel P Gubbels, MD, FACS Samuel P Gubbels, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Section of Otology & Neurotology
Phone: (608) 265-0494
E-mail: gubbels@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology
Portrait of Diane G Heatley, MD Diane G Heatley, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Phone: (608) 262-7181
E-mail: heatley@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Portrait of G. Mark Pyle, MD G. Mark Pyle, MD
Professor, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Academic Vice-Chair, Division of Otolaryngology
Section Head, Otology & Neurotology
Residency Program Director
Phone: (608) 265-0494
E-mail: pyle@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology

Conditions


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