Bekpan A¹*, Jenalaev D², Autalipov D³, Aitzhanov B⁴ and Galieva A⁵

¹Candidate of Sciences in Medicine, ENT-surgeon, National Research Center for Maternity and Childhood of the Corporate Foundation “University Medical Center”, Nur-Sultan с., Kazakhstan
²Doctor of Medicine, Director of the Surgery Department, National Research Center for Maternity and Childhood of the Corporate Foundation “University Medical Center”, Nur-Sultan с., Kazakhstan
³ENT-surgeon, National Research Center for Maternity and Childhood of the Corporate Foundation “University Medical Center”, Nur-Sultan с., Kazakhstan
⁴Audiologist-doctor, National Center for Children’s Rehabilitation of the Corporate Foundation “University Medical Center”, Nur-Sultan с., Kazakhstan
⁵Audiologist-otolaryngologist, Republican diagnostic center of the Corporate Foundation “University Medical Center”, Nur-Sultan с., Kazakhstan

*Corresponding Author: Bekpan A, Candidate of Sciences in Medicine, ENT-surgeon, National Research Center for Maternity and Childhood of the Corporate Foundation “University Medical Center”, Nur-Sultan с., Kazakhstan.

Received: July 20, 2022; Published: October 31, 2022

Abstract

Cochlear implants can be used to treat children with sensorineural hearing loss. In many countries for example Kazakhstan, resources are limited to treat and rehabilitate children. This study reports on the incidence of children with a cochlear implant that attend mainstream education, attending three main CI centers in Kazakhstan.

Our experience showed that the creation of specialized centers, which includes all the elements of preoperative preparation, surgical treatment and the postoperative period, can achieve results that allow the majority of children to attend regular kindergartens or schools.

Keywords: Cochlear Implants; Kazakhstan; Hearing Loss

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Citation

Citation: Bekpan A., et al. “Effect of Speech Therapy on Main-stream Education Attendance in Kazakhstan". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 4.11 (2022): 44-49.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Bekpan A., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.