Speech and Hearing are a unique boon to a human being for communication. Unfortunately, some are born deaf called ‘Prelingual Deaf’ while those who are born with normal hearing but lose hearing after acquiring speech are called “Postlingual deaf”.
In contrast to traditional hearing aids, which make sounds louder, a cochlear implant is an effective and long-term hearing solution for people with moderate to profound hearing loss. The cochlear implant bypasses the damaged hearing pathway by stimulating the cochlea hearing nerve directly. People with cochlear implants not only improve their hearing but also learn to understand speech and communicate more effectively.
A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted small, complex electronic device that can help with sound perception for a person with moderate to profound hearing loss.
A cochlear implant bypass damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve. Hearing through a cochlear implant takes time as it is different from normal hearing. Through everyday listening and auditory training patient can learn to interpret those signals as speech and sound. An implant does not restore normal hearing. Instead, it will give a representation of sounds in the environment and help deaf person to understand speech.
A cochlear implant replicates the normal function of the inner ear or cochlea. Cochlear implants bypass the damaged area of the hearing pathway to directly stimulate the cochlea hearing nerve.
A child or adult with profound hearing loss can be the best fit for cochlear implants.
Early intervention of a cochlear implant at a younger age can help greatly in succeeding mainstream through acquiring speech development and language skills.
Children & adults who face difficulty in understanding speech & listening in day-to-day situations despite using good hearing aids cochlear implant can be a great option.
Cochlear Implant enables a child to listen to sounds at early age. This helps accelerate their speech-language development process.
Cochlear implants offers equal educational opportunities to a deaf child along with their peers. Also acquisition of speech and language at a young age helps the child be a part of mainstream education. independent.
