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Download full textLaughton, Joan – 1997
This digest uses a question-and-answer format to summarize issues in the use of cochlear implants (an array of electrodes surgically implanted into the cochlea) with deaf or hard-of-hearing children. It describes the implants and summarizes the research on the effectiveness of the devices, which indicates that the devices are most effective in…
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Audiology, Cochlear Implants, Deafness
