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From: Jay.Croft@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jay Croft)
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Subject: Re: COCHLEAR IMPLANT
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Date: 3 May 91 04:07:08 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Society "dictates the necessity for her to have the surgery?"  That
sounds like something happening fifty years ago in Europe.

Lots of deaf people function just fine without surgery.

And how does a cochlear implant, in the ear area, give speech, which is
produced in the chest, throat and mouth?

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