As of 2019 the surgery costs 15,000 yuan per person.
In order to further strengthen and standardize the management of the cochlear implant rehabilitation assistance project for children with hearing disabilities, the Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation and the Provincial Health Commission have recently formulated and issued the "Shandong Province Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation Assistance for Children with Hearing Disabilities Project Management Implementing Rules".
According to the rules, the content of the aid is to provide eligible children with hearing disabilities cochlear implant products, cochlear implant surgery, adjust the machine and post-operative rehabilitation training subsidies. The subsidy standard is: free cochlear implant products for each recipient children with hearing disabilities 1 set. Surgery costs 15,000 yuan per person, including pre-operative examination (re-screening), surgery and no less than four adjustments (including start-up) in the first year after surgery. Post-operative rehabilitation training fee of not less than 15,000 yuan/person/year.
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According to statistics, there are about 800,000 deaf children under the age of 7 in China, and the number is increasing by 30,000 each year.
Ma Furong, director of the otology department at the Third North Medical College, said that newborn deafness is related to congenital factors, such as genetic defects; it is also related to acquired factors, such as low birth weight, hyperbilirubinemia, lack of oxygen at birth, and birth trauma, which may cause irreversible damage to hearing. Mildly to moderately deaf children can wear hearing aids, while children with severe deafness can get cochlear implants to feel the sounds outside.
POPULAR - SHANDONG: No less than 15,000 cochlear implant post-surgical rehabilitation aid for children with disabilities