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 [...]
29Jul09
About Cochlear Implants
What could have been a tragedy for an elderly man in the UK turned out to be quite a remarkable story. What is believed to have been the work of an arson, a four story building was set on fire last Saturday. A 64-year-old deaf man lived in that building and would have slept right [...]
Athletes who are deaf or hard of hearing but didn’t let the disability get in the way of their love of sports are preparing to compete in the Summer Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 5-15. Events that 2009 Team USA athletes will be participating in include athletics (track and field), basketball, beach volleyball, bowling, cycling, [...]
Actor Lou Ferrigno, the “Hulk” actor from the Incredible Hulk television series, has been in the news a lot lately because he was working out with pop star Michael Jackson before his untimely death last week. But long before he was a celebrity or hung out with celebrities, he was a champion for not letting [...]
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 [...]
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