FDA‚ “A cochlear implant is an implanted electronic hearing device‚ designed to produce useful hearing sensations to a person with severe to profound nerve deafness by electrically stimulating nerves inside the inner ear.” (Medical Devices-Cochlear Implant ) She doesn’t have any hearing in her right ear. She has a Hearing aid in her left ear because she still has 15% hearing. Once she gets down to 0% she will have another procedure done to insert another Cochlear Implant. The implant has really
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is born deaf. Peter’s five year old daughter Heather tells him that she wants a cochlear implant in order to communicate with her hearing friends. Nita researches cochlear implants for herself‚ but decides that it is too late for her to learn
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described as a “how to” essay‚ or demonstration. This essay involves a step-by-step process‚ with steps arranged in their natural order‚ for example‚ How to Write an Expository Essay. The type of organization the author used for the essay “Cochlear Implants” was Time Order. Time order: An expository essay developed by time order involves the sequential or chronological organization of information from one time period to another. This type of expository development arranges information according
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Now there are people in the world who don’t want the cochlear implant. There are a lot of Deaf musicians who don’t have implant and they are successful in their own opinion D. Body III a. How many of you guys know any Deaf singers or musicians that are famous or who are going to be famous? Because of the hearing loss‚ there are not a lot of
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Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) is defined as a hearing condition in which sound enters the inner ear normally‚ but the transmission of the signal to the brain is impaired. The characteristics of ANSD are highly variable and can manifest as any degree of hearing loss and functional ability. Some individuals with ANSD have minimal auditory complaints and do not know of their condition until adulthood. Others can have a complete lack of sound awareness‚ localization and auditory-based
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When this happens the ossicles cannot be moved and no sound can be perceived. 5. How successful are cochlear implants? What surgical techniques are employed? A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device which helps to bypass problems of the inner ear and the cochlea. Almost everyone who had received cochlear implants is able to hear some amount of sound. Children who have received the implants are able to hear normal speech levels at 30 or 40 decibels according to a research done by Dr. Bruce
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The two essays that I chose to read were "Setting the Table" and "Cochlear Implants". What characteristics make these essays expository? Both of the two essays I have read show facts and evidence to support their topics. The information was presented in a fair and non-biased manner. The facts given were clearly used to support a concept in "Setting the Table"‚ and the evidence used in "Cochlear Implants" about deafness‚ was to support facts. The type of organization used for
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disability. These families faced many difficult decisions‚ but one thing they had in common was that they both didn’t agree with the others decision on implanting a cochlear implant on their children. If I were in their position I wouldn’t know what to do‚ I think I would take into consideration all benefits and dangers of getting the implant before making a decision. Before I took this ASL class I didn’t know anything about deaf culture. When you explained the difference between Deaf and deaf I realized
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just how capable the deaf are. 3) I learned so much from this film‚ for example I learned about “The Oral Method” from this video‚ and how controversial a topic it is among the deaf to learn how to speak aloud. I also learned a lot about Cochlear Hearing implants‚ how it feels to have and use one‚ how it works‚ common misconceptions about it‚ and also the varying opinions on their use‚ all of which I didn’t know anything about before viewing this film it. On top of everything‚ I learned about how
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can be done for inner ear damage. Cochlear implants are the only method that can allow “hearing” for an individual with damage to the inner ear. They do this by bypassing the outer and middle ear and attaching directly to the nerves in the inner ear. This only allows for a small amount of frequencies compared to the thousands that a fully working ear can detect‚ however. The risks of cochlear implants are also mentioned. For example‚ the surgery used to implant them can cause nerve damage destroying
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