Cochlear Implant Research Paper

     A cochlear implant is an electronic device that restores hearing for people anywhere from hard of hearing to the profoundly deaf. The cochlear implant is surgically implanted under the skin behind the ear. The surgeon puts the electrode array inside the inner ear and than inside the cochlea. The implant works by a device outside the ear, which rests on the skin behind the ear. It is held upright by a magnet and is also connected by a lead to a sound professor.

54.Cochlear Implant: device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through

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

A cochlear implant is an implanted medical device for the deaf or hard of hearing that do not benefit from the traditional hearing aid. It is composed of an internal device that is implanted in the recipient’s head and an external device that is the sound processor. The sound processor collects sound and then transmits it to the implanted device, which then sends it directly to the brain to be interpreted as language. During the time that I was choosing a hearing solution for my daughter I experienced a lot of negative opinions from the deaf culture (community of deaf people who share sign language among other things). They seem to be against parents choosing to have their small children implanted. The deaf culture presumes

Cochlear implants are commonly used in modern science to treat patients with deafness in one or both ears. The structure of cochlear implants are as follows, an outer component, a transmitter, a receiver-stimulator package and the microelectrode array(Sigfrid D. Soli, 2011). The outer component of a cochlear implant records sound waves, while the transmitter brings the recorded sounds to the receiver-stimulator. The receiver-stimulator then converts the recorded sound waves to electrical impulses, and brings them to the electrode array, which then stimulates the auditory nerve and provides artificial hearing(Tan, Walshe, Viani, & Al-Rubeai, 2013).

The sound of your parents voice, hearing your favorite song playing on the radio, even knowing the sound of your own voice, these are just a few sounds that sadly many of us take for granted, and unfortunately many will never get to experience. Hearing loss affects about 10% of the Global population, with 124.2 million people affected from a moderate level to a severe disability. (WHO 2008)

In the journal Science, Technology, & Human Values, Laura Mauldin (2014) , a sociologist at the University of Connecticut, writes about how deafness is much more easily treatable and therefore attitudes around being deaf are changing. She talks about how parents parent deaf children differently, and how now there is a much more modern attitude towards deafness. She also touches on how criticism of the deaf community has arisen due to their

One of the hottest debates between Deaf and Hearing culture lies in the question, “Should I give my deaf child a cochlear implant?” The Deaf people fear that use of cochlear implants will eliminate their culture. A hearing person may believe it will aid their child to learn in mainstream schooling, or they may not want to learn sign language to communicate with their child. As about 90% of hearing parents cannot effectively communicate with their deaf children (Holcomb, n.d., para. 2), the latter is evident. Placed in this situation, I would implant my infant child with a cochlear implant and teach them sign language so they will have the opportunity to have the best of both worlds.

Claire is now transitioning into preschool, and her parents are worried about what Claire's first school experience will be like but luckily for Claire her new teacher, Ms. Williams, is a veteran preschool teacher and in the past, Ms. Williams has taught students with disabilities who use alternative communication systems but from what I read in the article Ms. Williams doesn't have any experience in working with children cochlear implant nevertheless she is very eager to learn and work with Claire. Ms. Williams seems a bit nervous to work with Claire and has several questions about cochlear implants. Ms. Williams has heard that the cochlear implant devices are very expensive and she is worried about simply keeping track of Claire's device, she also worries about the troubleshooting of the device if something goes wrong, is there a difference between teaching a child with a cochlear implant and teaching other children with disabilities. Although Ms. Williams is anxious to learn more about cochlear implants and how to best support Claire's developing listening and communication skills. Ms. Williams assumes Claire will need a variety of visual supports and she wonders about the different types of visual supports and accommodations that Claire might

As we grow older, our hearing starts to get worse. Luckily, there are some things you can do to help improve hearing and receive benefits. If your hearing is bad enough that hearing aids no longer help, you can choose to receive a cochlear implant. The surgery is designed to make your hearing better, and it’s an option to consider. If you do or don’t decide to have a cochlear implant, you can learn about how it would affect your coverages for hearing loss. If you learn about the ways it affects your benefits, it may help in your decision to get it done.

It was also very interesting to find out about the pre-implantation process, surgical procedure and parts of the Cochlear Implant. Of course, everyone knows that there are pre-operation processes, but we can see and learn that before getting the implant, there are many evaluations to see if the person qualifies for the surgery. It is a dangerous surgery, and it is crucial

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To get a cochlear implant you will need to have surgery. The surgeon will cut an incision in your

The purpose of the cochlear implant is to help replaces the damaged function of the inner ear, the cochlear work in any damaged parts and will provide sound signal to the brain (Cochlear Ltd, 2017).

Sounds and speech are captured by a microphone and sent to the external speech processor. The processor then translates the sounds into electrical signals, which are then sent to the transmitting coil. These codes travel up a cable to the headpiece and are transmitted across the skin through radio waves to the implanted cochlea electrodes. The electrodes’ signals then stimulate the auditory nerve fibres to send information to the brain where it is interpreted as meaningful sound.