INDICATIONS AND NEW INDICATIONS FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANT SURGERY .ical 09-11, 17:30–18:00 (Europe/Istanbul), Hearing Implant 3 Discuss the current indications for cochlear implants and also de new indications as unilateral hearing loss, moderate hearing loss, neuropathy, elderly patients, otosclerosis, comorbidities, malformations and others. Rogério Hamerschmidt Professor and Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil President of the Brazilian Society of Otology