The head of the King Abdullah Specialist Center for Cochlear Implantation, Head of the Saudi Society for Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Dr. Abdul Rahman Hajar, revealed that the center is being resolved for the second year in a row on the list of the first five global centers to provide cochlear implant service.
“Hajar” pointed out that this achievement joins a list of accomplishments, considering the King Abdullah Specialist Center for the Ear is a pride for the homeland. He put the Kingdom at the center of regional and global leadership in this field, pointing out that the center has employed the most recent findings of science and medicine together in the field of hearing disabilities. In its various categories, based on the latest technical innovations in this field.
For his part, the Deputy Director of the King Abdullah Specialist Center for Ear Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Senussi confirmed that the center has become one of the national pride; being the only one in the Middle East to hone skills and train consultants on the best, most modern and safe methods in conducting the most complex operations of the ear and the skull floor, in partnership with many One of the advanced centers in this field.
The director of the center, Dr. Farid Al-Zahrani, added that the center’s list of achievements is unique, enumerating its global achievements, to name a few, after a medical team from the center was able to cultivate the latest technology in treating hearing impairment with highly advanced processes and Saudi cadres, such as the cultivation of the brain stem stethoscope , Bone BRIDGE and Hybrid Bone Headphones, which were conducted for the first time in the world on both sides, which global experts considered a unique achievement on a global level.
And the supervisor of the research unit at the center, Dr. Fidaa Al-Muhawes, considered that her position on the list of the best international centers for the second year in a row is an achievement for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its competence and medical staff in this field, in which we have the leadership regionally and globally thanks to the care of the rulers for research, scientific and knowledge, and the provision of tools Modern science and advanced technologies are moving forward towards maintaining leadership that represents a greater challenge than squaring on top.
It is worth noting that the center has become a global reference in this field, and it holds many international conferences, training and qualification workshops, and its members are invited to state forums to present the experiences reached by the center, the most recent of which was Dr. Abdul Rahman Hajar’s invitation to the largest program in Germany to conduct cochlear implantation for a patient And clarify innovative ways to perform these operations with shorter time and higher quality, which enabled the implantation process to be performed in the ears in a shorter time, and the ability to activate the device on the next day of the operation to minimize the wound and without removing hair.