COCHLEAR IMPLANTS

With several teaching hospitals and a concentration of specialists, the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill region of NC has become a mecca for those seeking complex surgeries such as Cochlear Implants.

It is not the end of the world if you suffer from permanent hearing loss. Why? Because you can hear just as good with the help of cochlear implants.

For the profoundly deaf, a device called the cochlear implant that has been around since the late 1980s may, in some cases, be the difference between hearing sounds and not hearing sounds.

Many people suffering from hearing loss can get help from cochlear implants. These tiny tools can be placed behind the ear and can help people suffering from deafness understand cued speech and other sounds.

This paper describes five studies related to speech and language development in children who have cochlear implants. The demographics, procedures, statistics, results, and conclusions are included.

This is a guide for hearing impaired people meant to help them choose between hearing aids and implants.

How it can benefit the hearing-impaired.

Hearing is a sense that many people take for granted until it is no longer available or as clear as once before. The simple chords of a guitar are missed due to hearing impairment.

Cochlear implants were rumored to have been linked with menengitis, but now they have released that there is a shot every implanted individual needs to have.

What is a cochlear implant and what kind of children are good candidates for them? There are many things to consider before implanting your deaf child, including which mode of communication would best benefit their education.

To most people, deafness is viewed as a handicap or a disability, but those within the deaf community view deafness with a totally different perspective. The majority of deaf and hard of hearing people in the world view deafness as a normal part of life.

Hearing loss: Sensorineural, Conductive & mixed hearing. Two types of hearing aids: Analog & Digital. Hearing aids: four components, four basic types available, and different styles based upon preference. Cochlear Hearing Implants: severe hearing loss.

A debate between two organizations for those with hearing loss. Pepsi's deaf super bowl commercial created controversy, generating positive and negative responses from the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and the National Association of the Deaf.

You can do something if you suffer from a hearing loss. Here are a few.

Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common types of hearing loss in our society, yet it is completely preventable. It is caused by many of our common everyday activities and objects we use.

An overview of methods used in the habilitation and rehabilitation of Deaf or Hard of Hearing children and adults.

If your baby didn't pass the hearing screening, there's no need for alarm. Just make sure to get the follow up...

In the last hundred years, hearing devices have made great improvements. Instead of using large and awkward tools as assisted listening devices, people with hearing loss today have access to small devices that are easily concealed and comfortable.

This article discusses everything you need to know about preparing for an MRI.

30 year organization has been helping children and adults overcome speech and communication problems.

This article reviews communication methods available for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children that include sound.

Children with special-needs and disabilities love to have fun in the sun with others and attending a summer camp is the perfect opportunity for them to. Here is a guide of Special-need Camps for youth with disabilities in Colorado. Check it out!!!

For children with both hearing and speech impairment, growth and development is significantly delayed. This is an overview of one such condition resulting in hearing and visual impairment; Usher's Syndrome.

Almost everyone has experienced some type of "ringing in the ears" at one time or another, but if you experience frequent or ongoing noises in your ears, you may be suffering from tinnitus. Here you'll find tips to better manage tinnitus symptoms.

In the deaf culture, the term 'audism' and 'audists' are becoming more widely used. This article explains what audism means and what audists are.

Several local St. Louis businesses and civic organizations have funded a new $350,000, 10,000 sq.ft. playground that is user friendly to disabled children...

Hearing loss is the number one birth defect in the United States. Many states are making it mandatory to screen newborns for hearing impairment.

People often have no idea that they are suffering from hearing loss until they have a hearing test done. With hearing tests, you can discover if you are suffering from hearing loss as well as determine what type of hearing loss you have.

Cued Speech is an excellent alternative to sign language as a tool for improving speech, English language skills (as well as many other spoken and written languages), and visual communication.

MRIs can be a scary test for some people, but there's really very little to be concerned about with the test itself.