Cochlear Implant Benefits

Cochlear implants are becoming more and more popular now. Even babies as young as 12 months are receiving a cochlear implant. For hearing parents it’s more convenient to have their child get a cochlear implant rather then to learn sign language. Hearing parents usually just look for the simple way out because they don’t want to have a child who is “different.�

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In today’s society there is an ongoing debate of weather children who are deaf should receive cochlear implants. A cochlear implant is a device that takes sound wave and changes the waves into electrical activity for the brain to interpret. Wire called electrodes are surgically implanted into the cochlear nerve which receives a signal from the microphone attached to the transmitter and speech processor. The microphone captures the sound from the environment and the speech processor filters the noise versus speech. Then the transmitter sends an electrical signal through the electrodes to stimulate the cochlear nerve. Every person has a different thought depending on their experiences in their life whether deaf children should receive cochlear

Cochlear Implants are an object that is very controversial in the deaf community. “A Cochlear Implants is a device that provdes direct electrical stimulation to the auditory (hearing) nerve in the inner ear.” (“Cochlear Implants”) Cochlear Implants bypass the damaged hair cells, and directly stimulate the auditory nerve. Depending on when the Cochlear Implant is implanted it allows people to hear sounds, and sometimes even their own voice. While it does not cure hearing loss or deafness, it does allow people to hear. On more technical terms a Cochlear Implant includes parts like a microphone, speech processor, and a transmitter which each play a different part in the Cochlear Implant. The microphone picks up sounds, sends them to the speech processer, and then the speech processor analyzes and digitized the sound signal, thus sending them to a transmitter worn on the head. The debate of whether or not Cochlear Implants are right in the deaf community is one that has been going on for years. People believe having Cochlear Implants are a good thing, because they allow deaf people to communicate with hearing people, it allows people who are not helped by conventional hearing aids to be helped, and it creates new possibilities for deaf people. However there are also people that argue that having a Cochlear Implant is a bad thing, because it proposes the idea that deaf people need to be fixed, it can give deaf people false hope, and it proposes the idea that deaf people have a

A Cochlear Implant is an electronic device that partially restores hearing in people who have severe hearing loss due to damage of the inner ear and who receive limited benefit from hearing aids (http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/connect/au/home/understand/hearing-and-hl/hl-treatments/cochlear-implant). In some cases there are patients whose hearing did not adjust correctly, having a risk of developing a virus, complications after the surgery, the benefits of sign language without a cochlear implant and lastly children or adults with cochlear implants may not even develop a good speech. There are many positive and negative articles I have read on cochlear implants. As a parent you are not only putting your child at risk, you are also withdrawing them from the deaf community, the one they were naturally born into. I do not support cochlear implants, children should not be implanted until they are grown to the point where they can make their own choice

Sign language, cochlear implants, or both? It is the debate that has plagued parents of young deaf children all over nation. They are torn with the decision between potentially restoring the hearing of their child or immersing them in the beauty of Deaf culture. It seems that no matter what decision they make, there will be backlash. The Deaf community feels like a member is being taken away from them, and hearing people cannot understand why someone wouldn’t want their child to have the ability to hear. Though we cannot fully understand what it is like to be faced with this choice unless we have been in this position, we can explore the pros and cons of either side. So what is it that leads to some parents to make the leap for cochlear implants and turns others towards the sign language side?

Those that oppose cochlear implants argue mostly from a minority standpoint. The deaf community feels that as the minority, the hearing majority is threatening their way of life. “The deaf community is a culture. They’re much like the culture of the Hispanic community, for example, where parents who are Hispanics, or shall we say deaf, would naturally want to retain their family ties by their common language, their primary language, which is

As seen in the story above, the use of a cochlear implant discourages the acquisition of sign language. The worry people in the Deaf community have is that sign language will become obsolete and the destruction of the culture will shortly follow. According to Sparrow, cochlear implants reduce the probability that deaf people will use sign language in adulthood or teach it to their children. If this is true, within two generations the size of the culture will shrink.

Sign language, cochlear implants, or both? It is the debate that has plagued parents of young deaf children all over the nation. They are torn with the decision between potentially restoring the hearing of their child or immersing them in the beauty of Deaf culture. It seems that no matter what decision they make, there will be a backlash. The Deaf community feels like a member is being taken away from them, and hearing people cannot understand why someone wouldn’t want their child to have the ability to hear. Though we cannot fully understand what it is like to be faced with this choice unless we have been in this position, we can explore the pros and cons of either side. So what is it that leads to some parents to make the leap for cochlear

Regardless of the obvious advantages in cochlear implantation for pediatric clients and even older populations, research on the uses of music therapy in cochlear implant recipient populations are extremely limited in the United States and in countries all over the world. Most of these studies are geared towards music educational settings and developing music experiences for integration into larger group activities such as orienting yourself towards the students when speaking, and writing down instructions more frequently on the board. Kate Gfeller and Fei-Lin Hsiao outlined common problems and ways to overcome them in regards to adapting vocal skills and instrumental skills for children with cochlear implants. They analyzed different techniques in singing, such as the addition of visual cues and special training to find the correct pitches, ear training with a keyboard, as the cochlear implant is not specialized

I found this eye-opening. I don't have any close personal relationship with anyone in the deaf community, nor did I realize there was such an exclusivity. According to the article assigned, many in the deaf community are against the notion that being deaf is a disability that doesn't need to be "fixed." Many are also against parents of deaf children having cochlear implants because of this. It has been pointed out that many that are deaf have gone on to lead very normal and very successful lives, which is wonderful, and proves that hearing loss isn't necessarily a disability. Those of us outside the deaf community may have a difficult time understanding the lives of deaf people, so if hearing parents bear a deaf child, making a decison on behalf

Cochlear implants are a electronic device that gives people with sever hearing loss the ability to hear. This device gives them ability to do something no other device could offer. It allows someone to be part of two worlds, deaf and hearing. So many people think its wrong and that your changing your child, that you should except them for who he/she is. I don’t see it that way, if you have a child wouldn’t you want the best for them? Want them to have the best things? Have a good life, better then the one you had? By giving my child the cochlear implant I am doing that for them, giving them the best of the best of technology that will benefit them so much and give them such a great life. Since have it implanted at a young age, they still have the ability to learn languages, so as they grow up they will practice signing and speaking so they can use both through out there life.

A Cochlear Implant is an electronic device that substitutes the damaged part of the inner ear to send signals to the brain. It is used by profoundly deaf or severely deaf people. The first Cochlear Implant was invented in the year of 1961 by Dr. William F. House. He was an american otologist, medical researcher, and physician, born December 1st, 1923-died December 7th, 2012. Dr. William F. House started the process of developing the Cochlear Implant during the late 1950s, after obtaining knowledge of other experiments going on. He decided to put his focus on ear, nose, throat and later decided to focus strictly on the ear when parents brought him two young kids they believed were deaf. Dr. House performed the first Cochlear Implant surgery

The article “Parents of deaf children with cochlear implants: a study of technology and community” focus mostly on the clinical structures and how parents decide to use cochlear implant or not. The data shows that the clinic, the state and local school districts are working together to anticipate parental needs.

Do hearing problems run in your family? Maybe or maybe not, but even if hearing problems don’t necessarily run in your family, that doesn’t mean that there is a 100% certainty that your child won’t be born without hearing difficulties. When having a child you should always be aware of many potential health concerns that can arise in the unborn child, and not just hearing problems. With todays’ health care advances, having a child born that is deaf or that has severe hearing problems may bring some challenges, but it does not mean the end of the world. Your baby is still perfect. What this does mean is that you will need to know what different options are available to you to help your baby with their hearing problem so that he/she can live a full, productive and happy life. While teaching any child that they can accomplish all they want out of life if they work hard at it, coping with hearing problems is along those same lines. It is very important you show and teach them nothing can stop them in life from achieving their goals and dreams and that includes having to overcome being deaf. In many cases I believe it can make you a stronger person with a greater drive to succeed. There are a couple of main options. A great deal of the time these tend to all work together to achieve the greatest overall success. There is the cochlear implant, American Sign Language (ASL), reading lips, and lastly if it is an option intense speech therapy.