From the time when the first cochlear implant was inventor in 1969 by William F. House to the present, they have been very controversial, especially in the deaf community. Some people in the deaf community consider cochlear implants as forfeiting one’s right to deaf culture, while others in the deaf community consider cochlear implants to ...
More and more parents are choosing cochlear implants for their deaf children, but the devices may not be for everyone, and some deaf people believe parents should wait until children are old enough to decide for themselves. How the cochlear implant works: Sound is picked up through a tiny microphone contained in a removable headpiece ...
As a newborn hearing screener, I occasionally have to give parents the news that their baby didn’t pass. However, I’m always careful to reassure them that this isn’t a cause for panic. There are a number of factors which can cause a newborn to fail the initial hearing screening. There might be a simple explanation. ...
I recently watched Sound and Fury, a documentary by director Josh Aronson and producer Roger Weisberg, which focuses on a family of two brothers; Peter and Chris Artinian. Chris is hearing and Peter is deaf, their parents are hearing. Chris is married to a hearing woman who has deaf parents, they have twins boys and ...
In the 1950’s, research began on a cutting edge device: the cochlear implant. This innovative invention would surpass the conventions of hearing aids, while stirring up controversy between the hearing society and the people whose world it was created to change. A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device designed to send electronic impulses ...