摘要
老年人因退化引起的感音性聽力障礙，常常因為助聽器效果不佳而導致生活品質下降，若能適時給予人工電子耳治療，則可改善其生活品質。本文將從人工電子耳的理論基礎和發展開始介紹，再來是手術的適應症、術前評估、手術過程、術後訓練，及近年來相關的研究。
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被引用紀錄
吳珈樺、楊曜蓮、葉惠玲（2023）。照護一位幼兒行人工電子耳之手術全期護理。長庚護理，34(1)，102-111。https://doi.org/10.6386/CGN.202303_34(1).0009