Hyderabad, Dec. 1 -- KIMS Hospaitals Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) B Bhaskar Rao has said in India, over one lakh children are born every year with severe hearing impairment and most of them require cochlear implant surgery to develop normal speech and language skills.
However, only 35,000 to 40,000 surgeries have been performed so far in the country, he said.
Annually, barely 5,000 children undergo this procedure, meaning only 5 per cent of affected children receive proper treatment. Lack of awareness and financial constraints are the major barriers, said Rao.
Addressing the KIMS Cochlear Implant Kids Meet 2025 held in Secunderabad here on Sunday evening, where several such children participated along with their families, he said...