PROHIERAN Blog » Cochlear Implants http://blog.prohieran.net All Natural Hearing Wellness Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 About Cochlear Implants http://blog.prohieran.net/07/about-cochlear-implants/ http://blog.prohieran.net/07/about-cochlear-implants/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:31:48 +0000 Prohieran http://blog.prohieran.net/07/about-cochlear-implants/ More than 23,000 adults and 15,500 children have received cochlear implants, according to the Food and Drug Administration. These devices can help adults who have lost most or even all of their hearing later in life to learn to associate the signal provided by an implant with sounds they remember. The technology can provide recipients with the ability to understand speech by listening through the implant and without requiring any visual clues such as sign language or lip reading. Children are also able to acquire speech, language and social skills by receiving a cochlear implant along with intensive therapy to learn how to use it. Implanting a cochlear device earlier in a child’s development rather than later can help provide critical learning during key development periods.

cochlear-implant.jpgThe implant requires a surgical procedure and then therapy to learn or relearn the sense of hearing with the device, and not everyone will have the same level of success. While cochlear implants have been considered extremely successful, advancements in technology and continued research is yielding better ways for even greater hearing efficiency and to help with expanded kinds of hearing loss.

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is supporting research to improve the benefits provided by cochlear implants. According to their website, it may be possible to use a shortened electrode array, inserted into a portion of the cochlea, for individuals whose hearing loss is limited to higher frequencies. Other studies are currently exploring ways to make an implant convey sounds of speech more clearly. In addition, research is being conducted to determine potential benefits of pairing a cochlear implant in one ear with another cochlear implant or a hearing aid in the other ear.

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]]> http://blog.prohieran.net/07/about-cochlear-implants/feed/ 0 Documentary Explores Decision for Family to Have Cochlear Implants http://blog.prohieran.net/06/documentary-explores-decision-for-family-to-have-cochlear-implants/ http://blog.prohieran.net/06/documentary-explores-decision-for-family-to-have-cochlear-implants/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:56:43 +0000 Prohieran http://blog.prohieran.net/06/documentary-explores-decision-for-family-to-have-cochlear-implants/ Cochlear implant is considered an incredible technology that enables both adults and children with severe to profound hearing loss to hear. It is also considered controversial for many individuals in the deaf community, and in particular for parents who are deaf who have children who are deaf. While the surgery is increasingly being covered by insurance, choosing to be implanted or to have a child implanted is one that is personal and changes the dynamics of going from a non-hearing household to one that is hearing.

A documentary of a Chicago-area family is being made currently and profiles the struggles, decisions, and perceived benefits of eventually having all four members of the family receive Cochlear implants.

You can watch a trailer of the documentary, “Louder Than Words,” below.

LouderThanWordsDoc.com

More information about the potentially life-changing technology is also available on the Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation website at ciafonline.org

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