Cochlear Implant Scheme

Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the effectiveness of the Cochlear Implant Plan, which provides free surgery for children under the age of five.
The Central Government pays the six lakh rupee cost of one operation.

About Cochlea

The inner ear contains a hollow spiral-shaped bone called the cochlea, which is essential to hearing and takes part in auditory transduction.
Electrical impulses are converted from sound waves into distinct sound frequencies by the brain.

What is a Cochlear Implant?

The cochlear implant is a prosthetic device, a part of which is surgically implanted inside the cochlea.
Children and adults with severe to profound hearing loss who do not benefit from hearing aids but have intact auditory nerves have been proven to benefit from cochlear implants.
Regular hearing aids and cochlear implants have different features.
A cochlear implant directly stimulates the nerve endings in the cochlea with electrical stimulation, whereas a hearing aid amplifies sound energy and sends it to the ear.

ADIP Program

Since 1981, there has been a programme called the ADIP Program (Assistance to Disabled People for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances).
Obtaining long-lasting, complex, and scientifically produced modern, standard aids to support the physical, social, and psychological rehabilitation of needed impaired people is the goal.
The devices that are given under the Scheme must be properly certified.
The plan also calls for performing remedial operations where necessary before dispensing such aid.

According to the Scheme, grants-in-aid are given to various implementing organisations to buy and distribute aids and assistive technology.

Source: PIB

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