Opening up new vistas in the Sri Lankan Tourism sector Wickramarachchi Hearing Care will be introducing Sri Lanka, as the best destination for hearing care implants in Asia.
Founder and Managing Director, Wickramarachchi Opticians and Hearing Care Mihira Wickramarachchi said that they had planned to launch this initiative in March but was forced to postpone due to the corona pandemic. “Any person from eight month to 88 years can get his or her hearing restored even if the person loss his hearing due to an accident. This is done through advanced surgical implant.”
Hearing loss is certainly a common issue in present world. It can be effectively managed with the introduction of hearing devices equipped with latest technologies to improve hearing whilst enhancing quality of life.
He said that the first step towards this the ‘preliminary testing’ which is done by audiology technicians of Wickramarachchi Opticians and Hearing Care through tier branches all over Sri Lanka. “Then we move the customer to surgery to implant the hearing aids and this is done is hospitals in Colombo including Lady Ridgeway, Kandy, Galle, Kurunegala and Jaffna using the cochlear implantat processors supplied by Wickramarachchi Opticians and Hearing Care.
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“The Nucleus 7 Sound Processor is a remarkable technological step forward, being the world’s first and only Made for iPhone cochlear implant sound processor. This product offer greater accessibility, connectivity and wireless solutions along with Nucleus Smart App for Android Users.”
He said that they have successfully done several Hearing Care implants successfully and fully restored the heading of even an 88 year old customer and on a military person who lost his hearing for 15 years due to a bullet going though is ear.
“One of the two Cochlear products marketed by us have a mini ear phone that is inserted from outside the ear while the other has a mini processor which is pasted on the hair near the ear.”
He said that Sri Lankan surgery is ranked very high in the world and due to its success rate of these implants too are almost 100% successful.
“Few years ago people went overseas to get this surgery but today we have brought the right technology to Sri Lanka. The unique feature is that this Sri Lankan hearing care implants process is at least 50% less than anywhere in the world. “This is why I saw an opening to market this to the world as a Medical tourism product.”
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