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    The purpose of this study was to examine the reading ability and phonological awareness of children with cochlear implants at age 5. In addition, the study examined the factors that affect reading development in this population. The overall findings of this study determined that the earlier the age of cochlear implant activation the better the reading abilities of these children. However, the study did not find any significant factors that may affect reading development at this particular age.

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    A lack of incidental learning does not only affect a person’s knowledge of vocabulary, but their knowledge of the world that surrounds them. It is already believed that hearing and Deaf individual’s organization of knowledge in the long-term memory is different (“How Deaf Children Learn”). The belief that Deaf and hearing students are the same, minus the ability to hear, is simply not true. How a Deaf person obtains, and retains information is quite different from how a hearing person approaches

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    If the ear drum and middle ear are functioning properly, patients may benefit from a cochlear implant - a thin electrode is inserted in the cochlea, it stimulates electricity through a tiny microprocessor which is placed under behind the ear, under the skin. 3) Mixed hearing loss. This is a combination of conductive and sensorineural hearing

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    High School. I was a few months old when my parents realized I could not hear. A doctor confirmed that I was deaf. My parents knew I needed the best education. I received a hearing aid, but it never worked. Finally, my father had me evaluated for a cochlear implant. When I had the surgery, it was a success because I was finally able to hear. I attend a program mainly for deaf and hard of hearing students, mainstreamed with hearing students. I had to work tremendously hard to understand spoken language

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    reasonable for the parent to pick in the event that they need their Deaf tyke to utilize oral technique or have that tyke get a cochlear embed. In the event that a parent embeds their kid they are dismissing the Deaf culture. Truly in a youthful age embedding your youngster can get an opportunity to hear when they are more seasoned, however I have companions that got a cochlear inserts when they were at a youthful age, and it was hard for them to hear when they got more established. A ton of grown-ups

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    In the matter surrounding cochlear implants, Tucker would strongly agree that deaf children and other deaf individuals can truly benefit from this implant. She feels as though these implants can only better one’s quality of life, especially for children. She also believes that only positive opportunities and success and come from cochlear implants so the earlier a child is introduced to the hearing world, the more success the child will experience throughout life. To resolve this dilemma that Sean

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    Analysis Researchers have made an exciting connection, they have tested several approaches to improve the discernment of the electrical stimulation within the cochlea, one of them includes using current focusing techniques to create more confined electrical fields and using therapies that are drug centered to help improve the electrode neural interface. Shepherd and Wise discuss how Pinyon described several different techniques to deliver the needed neurotrophins into the cochlea of someone who is

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    Sharp Session 1 Journal I am an Audiology tech working for a Company that just merged with Mercy Clinic Hospital. I say the earlier statement to give a foundation for this paper. I have worked for Cooper Clinic for 15 years. I have been an Audio Tech for 2.5 years.About 1.5 years ago I attended a conference for Audiology and realized how much I really enjoyed learning about hearing aids. I left that conference with an idea to start looking at becoming a Hearing aid license dispenser. I looked up

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    surrounding cochlear implants in infants, and if parents making permanent decisions for their children’s futures are a violation of their child’s rights. As I discussed earlier, cochlear implants have the ability to completely combat the effect deafness would have on development in infancy and childhood. 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

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    Cochlear implant (bionic ear) Good Morning Ladies, Gentlemen and Ms Lester. I am here today to talk about Cochlear Implant or bionic ear. I am here to talk about why it helps deaf people, does it improve hearing ability and the side effect of wearing one. A simple Australian technology that changes the nation. People around the world use this amazing technology, even today. Sciences and inventor have made this technology to help improve deaf people like Sarah Churman and help improve hearing ability

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