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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.

The introduction of the cochlear implant was a great breakthrough for researchers and scientists who were studying the possibility of reversing hearing loss.

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.

This article is a review of the many pros and cons of cochlear hearing implants. The article reviews both the ethics and practicality of the cochlear hearing implant.

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.

An editorial regarding the Hearing world's view of cochlear implants in people with profound hearing loss. The TV show, CSI is used to illustrate typical societal attitudes towards the Deaf, specifically, and also the Hard-of-Hearing.

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.

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.

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.

More and more parents are choosing cochlear implants for their deaf children, but the devices may not be for everyone, and some deaf people believe parents should wait until children are old enough to decide for themselves.

In the 1950's, research began on a new device: the cochlear implant. This innovative invention would surpass the conventions of hearing aids, while stirring up controversy between the hearing society and the people whose world it was created to change.

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

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.

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 deaf woman expresses her thoughts on a documentary about families who choose to or choose not to help their deaf child hear with a cochlear implant.

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.

The mystery of how the inner ear works appears to have been solved. For over 30 years, the scientific community has debated how cells in the inner ear of mammals amplify sound.

It is hard to differentiate between central auditory processing and language disorders. However, it is important to decipher the difference to be able to carry out the best intervention therapy for the individual. There are ways to be able to assess the differences.

I felt bad enough when I first learned I was going deaf. Then I found that my health insurance wouldn't help me with hearing aids and I felt much worse. I was forced to live with the oncoming silence for many years afterward.

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.

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.

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

On October 26th and 27th, women diagnosed with HER-2 positive Stage III or Stage IV breast cancer are eligible to take advantage of these free brain screenings at the Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago.

Every society has its own accepted norms, followed by the majority of the populace. The cultural pressures to conform to these standards are immense for non-natives. Cultural expectations to fit in, suppress one's language and smother individual's identities.

Researchers May Have Discovered A Method For Stimulating Brain Cells.

Researchers may have discovered a method to stimulate cell growth.

Michael Moore's new documentary, Sicko, is an all-out indictment of the US healthcare system.

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.

For the hearing impaired, the use of chiropractic care may have some therapeutic benefit.

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

Stop denying it already: That booming, ultra-loud, thundering music in fitness and aerobics classes WILL damage your hearing, sooner or later. And you call yourself health-conscious? Hearing health should not be neglected. And hearing loss is not an inevitable part of aging.

See how my involvement with a research study on hearing has demonstrated that sometimes intuition may be better than reasoning.

In some states it's mandatory, in others it's optional. It's always a good idea!

BioWest Mature Company Forum in Denver shows the variety of bioscience in Colorado, including pharmacy technology, hearing implants and a better way to make biodiesel fuel, and aids bioscience industry growth.

Is sign language now obsolete because of technology?

What is presbycusis? Why do many experience hearing loss as they get older?

Expecting a baby is an exciting time for parents. When the birth of an infant presents with the challenges of hearing impairment, seeking diagnosis and treatment, as early as possible, provides for the most optimal outcomes.

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...

With a little help from his friends Staples wrangles a series of songs on the verge of personal transition taking them through struggle and frustration from Nashville to London and creates an offering of 10 songs that represent hope and desire.

Determining how to best educate a Deaf child is a difficult decision. This article examines the pros and cons of integrating the Deaf child with hearing peers or placing them in a school for the Deaf.

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!!!

Meniere's disease is a disorder of the inner ear which is characterized by episodes of vertigo, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), a feeling of fullness or pressure in the ear, and fluctuating hearing loss.

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.

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.

A review on 'Through Deaf Eyes' which overs the past 200 years of Deaf life in America.

The nation is about to have a conversation, an impressive achievement for a film.

Hearing loss occurs when there is loss of sound sensitivity produced by an abnormality anywhere in the auditory system. The Weber and Rinne tests can help determine the extent of hearing loss.

My son is the most wonderful blessing and has taught me more about life in his short time here than I will ever learn anywhere else.

The World Wide Mind... Helpful? Harmful? Would being able to directly interface with other people's minds help us better communicate and work together as a society, or would it destroy the necessary boundaries that help us each retain our individuality?

"There is a place in New York where they all hang out - Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Coulter, Ingraham, Liddy when he's in town. They have their regular table where they all sit, right in the middle of the room, where they can see everybody and everybody can see them."

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.