Formulary

12.4 Miscellaneous aural devices and preparations

First Line
Second Line
Specialist
Hospital Only

Cochlear implantation

NICE TA566: Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness (March 2019)

  • The recommendations in NICE TA566 do not apply to devices manufactured by Neurelec.

Unilateral cochlear implantation is recommended as an option for people with severe to profound deafness who do not receive adequate benefit from acoustic hearing aids.

Simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation is recommended as an option for specific groups of people with severe to profound deafness who do not receive adequate benefit from acoustic hearing aids (refer to NICE TA for details).

Sequential bilateral cochlear implantation is not recommended as an option for people with severe to profound deafness.