Failure of cochlear implant surgery will not affect life expectancy.
Cochlear implant surgery is usually performed under general anesthesia, incising the skin and mastoid process, exposing the facial socket, preparing the implant bed, drilling holes in the drum step, inserting the electrodes into the drum step under direct vision with a special microscopic pliers and microscopic forks, placing the receiver/stimulator into the implant bed, closing the surgical cavity and then debugging the device.
When cochlear implant surgery fails, the main result is that hearing does not improve as expected, and the state of life is essentially not substantially different from the pre-operative state, and does not have a decisive impact on survival time.
The surgical conditions and the patient’s condition are evaluated before cochlear implant surgery is performed, and surgical complications of cochlear implantation are rare and not serious. If you are concerned about the impact of a failed surgery on your life expectancy, it is important to speak with your surgeon to get a second opinion.