[Diagnosis and Therapy of Hearing Impairment and Cochlear Implant in Migrants in Germany]

In addition to medical issues, the medical care of migrants is an administrative and regulatory challenge. Although it seems to be complicated, comprehensible and legal requirements and professional administrative structures are available 1. Often discussed by physicians and the media is the assumption that the medical care will be decided not by the medical professionals but the administrative authorities 2.In this paper the legal requirements are exemplified and out of the experiences of the authors, the requirements within the clinical routine work with the migrants highlighted.