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The Montgomery County Public School System present several students who have had successful implantation and experiences with a cochlear implant. A brief overview of the habilitation process required for inital use and success with the implant is discussed including age of implantation, language level, consistent use, educational environment, and parental involvement.
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Introduced by Sheldon Altfeld, past president of the Silent Network, deaf hosts Mary Beth Barber and David Sladek lead a group of hearing and deaf panelists through an in-depth discussion of the cochlear implant. This program features doctors that perform the surgery, audiologists, implant recipients, parents and members of the deaf community who have deep reservations about the propiety of the implant. David Butterfield who produced the project...
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The decision to give one's child a cochlear implant is a very difficult one. This video presents differing viewpoints on the topic. A majority of the discussion occurs in casual round-table type conversation between the two parents of a young eighteen month old deaf child, Emily, a deaf mentor who uses ASL, and a hearing support therapist. The video then culminates with each person providing rationale for their viewpoint and feelings.
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Making decisions about assistive hearing devices can involve a large amount of confusing information. The medical industry, insurance industry, and companies that manufacture cochlear implants and hearing aids often do not include information from a community perspective. Phil Bravin, a recognized leader in the Deaf community and a successful businessman, provides basic factual information about deafness in general, the anatomy and process of hearing,...
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