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Can you hear everything with cochlear implant?
The implant doesn’t make you hear normally again, but it can help you with sounds. Most people with severe to profound hearing loss can understand speech in person or over the phone better than they did with a hearing aid. It can usually help you know sounds around you, including telephones, doorbells, and alarms.
Can cochlear implants cure all deafness?
Cochlear implants are complex medical devices that work differently than hearing aids. Cochlear implants do not cure hearing loss or restore hearing, but they do help people with profound or total hearing loss to perceive the sensation of sound.
Can some deaf people not use hearing aids?
The culturally Deaf community sometimes forgo wearing hearing aids because they feel as though they don’t need them. Other people, especially late deafened adults, simply refuse to accept their hearing loss. They might admit to not hearing perfectly, but they’ll deny how severe it is.
How do deaf people hear with implants?
Hearing aids amplify sounds so they may be detected by damaged ears. Cochlear implants bypass damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve. Signals generated by the implant are sent by way of the auditory nerve to the brain, which recognizes the signals as sound.
What is the difference between hearing aid and cochlear implant?
Hearing aids amplify acoustic sound generally and/or by specific frequencies. A cochlear implant device allows you to hear in a different way. It translates acoustic sound into electrical signals. It sends the signals directly to the hearing nerve and then on to the brain.
Why are some in the deaf community opposed to cochlear implants?
Deaf people assert that deaf kids don’t need implants. Hearing people fire back, arguing that denying those kids cochlear implants is akin to child abuse. Even within the deaf community, there’s fierce debate. Some see cochlear implants as a form of oppression from the hearing world and actively protest the technology.
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