Q: Can I get a cochlear implant for severe age-related deafness? A: The results of cochlear implantation in the elderly are still being evaluated. In 2010, Friedland et al. at the Medical College of Wisconsin found that cochlear implants in older adults (>65 years of age) were equally effective, but slightly less effective than in adults with similar preoperative hearing loss, both in older adults and in adults of other The post-implant speech scores of both older adults and adults in other age groups (18-64 years) were closely related to preoperative speech performance. Therefore, many scholars now advocate that the conditions for cochlear implantation in the elderly should be relaxed, so that elderly deaf patients can receive the implant earlier and thus obtain better results. Han Dongyi has implanted a cochlear implant in an 81-year-old patient with severe age-related deafness and obtained good postoperative results, which shows that there is no upper age limit for cochlear implantation as long as general health conditions allow.