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From: strike@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Tim Bowser)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Deaf Comm and Cochlear Implants
Keywords: deaf implant cochlear
Message-ID: <1990Aug4.140142.7253@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US>
Date: 4 Aug 90 14:01:42 GMT
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jep@oldcolo.UUCP (Josep Pfauntsch) writes:

>My daughter "CASEY" has been deaf since birth.  I've recently
>discovered that a 22 channel cochlear implant is now available.
>I understand that earlier models were experimental only and that
>upgrades from one and two channel implants to 22 channel implants
>were ok.  I also know that the implant is done only to one side.
>Let me hear from you. Thanks.

   Being asymmetrically deaf for the past 6 years has given me some 
small insyghts into the frustrations that deaf (or hearing-impaired) go 
through.  I am not eligible for the cochlear implant, however many 
channels it has, because I have not been deaf since birth.

   I had heard that Johns Hopkins Hospital has been doing the lion's 
share of the research into the implant.  I believe that they are on the 
Usenet, but cannot recall what the address is.

   Good luck with your search.
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