In Lviv, 3-year-old Markiyan will hear the world for the first time thanks to cochlear implantation performed by doctors at the Children’s Medicine Center.
For the first time, such a procedure was performed by the head of the Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, otolaryngologist Fedir Yurochko, without the presence of foreign otosurgeons. Previously, all 9 cochlear implantations were carried out under the supervision of colleagues from Poland and Belgium. **The surgery was successful!**
Cochlear implantation is a complex procedure that gives deaf children a chance for a full life. This time, the implant was installed in 3-year-old Markiyan from Lviv. *‘We have been working towards this for a long time, preparing. It is not an event that came out of nowhere. Plenty of internships and courses on cochlear implantation abroad,’* noted Fedir Yurochko.
Markiyan became the 10th little patient to receive a cochlear implant in our hospital. The boy has bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Before the operation, he used hearing aids, but speech did not develop. *‘We are a family of doctors and constantly examined our son. He has a unique story: he reacted to sounds from birth,’* said Markiyan’s mother, Solomiya.
Now the boy is recovering from the procedure. In a month, the external part of the implant will be connected – and Markiyan will hear the sounds of the world for the first time. *‘It’s like all the previous times I was “swimming” in the pool alone, but under the coach’s supervision. And this time I was “swimming” completely by myself, without support nearby,’* explained Fedir Yurochko.