Warm tips about cochlear implant surgery Dear patients, welcome to the ENT ward of the hospital. To help you understand matters related to cochlear implant surgery, the following notes are listed for your reference: 1. In the afternoon, the doctor in charge will have a preoperative talk and ask the family to sign the surgical consent form, and the nurse will arrange for a haircut; Second, the day of surgery 1 on the day of surgery to fasting water, waiting for the operating room staff to access the operating room, if not the first, the doctor will arrange for rehydration (intravenous fluids) as appropriate, please wait patiently; 2 surgery (including preoperative preparation and If special patients need electrophysiological examination, the operation time will be increased, and the waiting time for family members may be extended. 3. After the surgery, the patient should return to the ward and should not eat or drink water for 6 hours during the anesthesia recovery period, in order to avoid aspiration pneumonia. 3. After surgery 1. two days after surgery, intravenous antibiotics will be injected to prevent infection, the ear will be bandaged with pressure, avoid bumping in the operation area, but occasional sleep turning is not important, 2. diet can eat some easily digestible food, can be appropriate activities, avoid cold and flu; some patients may have vertigo, nausea, vomiting after surgery, do not panic, can consult the doctor. 3, the second day after surgery will generally remove the bandages and dressings, open the surgical area for growth, still need to avoid bumping, but sleep turning is okay, 4 the third day after surgery will be changed to oral antibiotics to prevent infection, lasting six days after the discontinuation, if there are no accidents, generally five days after surgery can be discharged, no need to remove the stitches. After discharge from the hospital, you will continue to take oral antibiotics for three days and resume your normal diet. 2. You should not wash your hair within 2 weeks after surgery, but you can use a hot towel to rub the area outside the head wound after 1 week of surgery, and use a shower cap to protect your head when bathing within 2 weeks after surgery. 2 weeks later and when washing your hair in the future, do not scratch the cochlear implant area with your nails, and use your palms or fingertips to gently rub with shampoo to avoid your scalp being scratched by your nails. Avoid scratching the scalp with your nails. 3. Avoid factors that may cause infections such as colds, violent activities and collisions with the implant, and check if the scalp is swollen and the device is working normally after being hit. ) for specific time. Within 1 month after the start-up, the machine will be adjusted once a week, within 2-3 months after the start-up, once every two weeks, and within 3-6 months after the start-up, once a month. Generally, you can hear well through 4-5 times of tuning, but parents need to cooperate with the tuning staff. V. Post-operative rehabilitation After starting the articulation training, we should focus on strengthening the auditory training to help the child build up the ability to “hear and put things” as soon as possible. Learning to apply, parents can quickly gain experience in rehabilitation, and parents can also complement each other and communicate information. We will conduct regular post-operative follow-up visits and hope to share our experiences with each other to promote your child’s recovery as soon as possible. We wish your child a smooth post-implantation period with good hearing and speech!