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95 Paperback RF305 In this guide for families and general readers, Loy (Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) and Roland (medical director, Dallas Cochlear Implant Program) explain details parents need for making decisions about cochlear implants for their hearing-impaired children.
Instead of amplifying sounds coming into her ear canal, like a hearing aid, a cochlear implant delivers electrical pulses that stimulate the hearing nerve, and the brain interprets them as sound.
To examine these issues further, we investigated sensory-processing abilities in children with congenital, profound hearing loss who are fitted with unilateral or bilateral cochlear implant devices.
 
 
 
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