The choclear implant was quite successfull and in 1978 the first patient received a choclear implant.

The average cost for a choclear implant now is from about 50 00$ to 100 000$

0.05% of people need to have a new surgery for their choclear implants proving that it is a very successful invention.

The first choclear implant recipient was Rod Saunders in 1978.