Dr. Ahmed Mari Al-Dhafiri, Fellow of Ear and Neurosurgery, head of the forum, explained that the 14th annual meeting of cochlear implant patients and their families for this year will witness the participation of an elite group of pediatric and genetics specialists, speech and language specialists, audiologists and representatives from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social Affairs with cochlear growers. And their families, indicating that Dr. Naif Al-Subhi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development for Security Affairs, and Mr. Abdul Hakim Al-Shahrani, Undersecretary for Labor and Social Development for Care Affairs, will be the guests of the meeting, along with representatives from both ministries to answer an inquiry Cochlear implants and Al Dhafiri, that the meeting will work to find solutions to questions about cochlear implantation in treating deafness cases, and a turning point for the individual to receive voices to become a productive person in his community capable of learning, and thus development, through the linguistic and auditory rehabilitation of the patient, confirming that these meetings would In enhancing the role of the patient and their loved ones in

Dr. Al-Dhafiri explained that the meeting will witness educational and educational lectures on technical support for devices by the manufacturers of the shell, and that the government side will work to solve the difficulties of the cochlear implant, in addition to the presence of activities for children that contribute to their support at the psychological level by seeing successful experiences of other children who have been cultivated The cochlea is theirs and they are now living a normal life, while the meeting will be accompanied by an educational exhibition with pictures and discussion panels between the families of the cochlear growers to exchange experiences with each other with the aim of supporting the parents to each other, indicating that the aim of the meeting is education and education to reach a productive and healthy community of Cochlear implants.

For his part, Dr. Abdul Rahman Hajar, head of the King Abdullah Specialist Center for Ear, confirmed that the center has achieved a great development in medical and surgical devices and services, through the efforts of those in charge of it in implementation of the recommendations of the guardians, indicating that it serves all kinds of health services in ear and hearing diseases And conversations, as well as many advanced operations worldwide in the operating rooms of King Abdulaziz University Hospital.