Food iron is absorbed by the intestinal mucosa from two separate pools of heme and nonheme iron. Heme iron, derived from hemoglobin and myoglobin, is well absorbed and relatively little affected by other foods eaten in the same meal. On the other hand, the absorption of nonheme iron, the major dietary pool, is greatly influenced by meal composition.
Five years later, the FDA approved. the first cochlear implant for use in children ages 2. years and older. And in 2000, the FDA approved the. implantation of children as young as 12 months of age. for one type of cochlear implant.
The cochlear implant surgery takes about two to three hours. Very little hair is shaved behind the ear as the incision is small, usually just in the crease behind the ear. After surgery the patient is in the recovery room (PACU - post anesthesia care unit) for about one hour.