The controversy over cochlear implants in children has many sides. For some in the deaf community, CIs are an affront to their culture, which as they view it, is a minority threatened by the hearing majority. The deaf community feels that its way of life is fully functional, and that usin...
Samp C. Cochlear Implants in the Deaf Community: Current Circumstances of Cochlear Implant Users among the Deaf Youth in Sweden’s Educational System. http://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/7291/ (NY): Thesis, Rochester Institute of Technology 2010. Accessed 24 Oct 2015....
(Medicine) a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, ...
Children with bilateral deafness may have received cochlear implants in each ear in either sequential or simultaneous procedures. Children with asymmetric hearing have received a cochlear implant in their profoundly deaf ear and hear acoustic sound in the other ear with or without a hearing aid. The...
A market research company is offering a $25 e-gift card to participate in a project on the topic of choosing cochlear implants and experience using them. Below is a link to a short survey. If you meet the criteria, then you may be sent an invitation to a 10-minute survey. Those who...
5.3Cochlear implants 5.3.1An overview of cochlear implant technology Thecochlear implantis a successful and maturehearingtechnology designed for severe–profoundly deaf patients. The system consists of two major parts: (1) an externally worn sound processor which incorporates a microphone, a power suppl...
IS fully functional, which greatly improves and assists lipreading ability. MOST ci users DO want to participate in the deaf community, but they are BEING INSULTED, DEFAMED, EXCLUDED, ISOLATED AND ATTACKED by stupid people who do not understand the truth about cochlear implants. THIS IS WRONG!
Cochlear implants are increasingly used in the rehabilitation of the profoundly and totally deaf. Usually, insufficient gain of speech discrimination with a powerful conventional hearing aid is considered as a prerequisite for a cochlear prosthesis. With recent improvements of electronic systems, the crite...
I have had two implants done, in spite of most deaf people's protests against the procedures, since I was highly respected in the deaf community, and being asked why or how could you do that to us, etc. I was able to explain and gained their respect even more. All they need is ...
The cochlear implant (CI) is increasingly used to treat deafness, despite arguments from the deaf community. Deaf children born to hearing parents are the fastest growing group of CI recipients, making parents the primary consumers. Instead of focusing on the controversy over implants, this article...