Congenital deformity of the right inner ear

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15 y/o Jeff Labrinth has profound hearing loss due to a congenital deformity of the right inner ear. Cochlear implant is a consideration for providing hearing. The ENT surgeon discusses this procedure with Jeff and his parents in layperson's terms. Group of answer choices "The cochlear implant has an internal device that is put under the skin and the electrodes are threaded into the inner ear through a small hole. This is connected to an external device put onto the bone behind your ear that picks up sound waves. These sound waves are changed to signals that the internal electrodes send to the hearing nerve and to the brain to be intepreted." "The cochlear implant is an electronic device that is placed inside the labyrinth of the ear. It picks up sound waves and digitalizes them to be sent to your brain for interpretation as different types of sounds." "I perform a mastoidectomy place the cochlear implant into the labyrinth of the ear. This acts like a hearing aid to increase the volume of sensory signals to your brain."

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