Sunday, November 07, 1999
ABOUT COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
Cochlear implant surgery is often performed as out-patient, low-risk surgery. A receiver and magnet are placed under the skin behind the ear, and a thin wire is gently threaded in the inner ear and wrapped around the cochlea.
Clipped to the user's belt is a digital processor, about the size of a pager, with a wire running up to a tiny microphone and transmitter. They are held in place by a magnet that attaches itself to the magnet beneath the wearer's skin.
Adapters for using a telephone or boosting sound are plugged directly into the processor.
The cochlear implant has served as something of a lightning rod for controversy in the deaf community, sometimes dividing those who use sign language from the “oral” deaf (those who read lips and speak orally.) In Cincinnati, for example, a group of parents is establishing the area's first Oral Deaf School for children with cochlear implants who want to communicate orally.
To those who oppose the surgery, Beverly Biderman says:
“I am still deaf. I am still proud to be deaf. ... I am a deaf person who wanted to hear and I was willing to do something about it.”
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ABOUT COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
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