is about question on cochlear implant 01/25/2016 The United States Food and Drug Administration reports that cochlear implant recipients may be at higher risk for meningitis.[76] A study of 4,265 American children who received implants between 1997 and 2002 concluded that recipient children had a risk of pneumococcal meningitis more than 30 times greater than that for children in the general population.A later, UK-based, study found that while the incidence of meningitis in implanted adults was significantly higher than the general population, the incidence in children was no different from the general population. As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration both recommend that would-be implant recipients be vaccinated against meningitis prior to surgery.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant) YL previous medical precedure question cochlear implant