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By Jamie Berke, About.com Guide to Deafness since 1997

Move Over, Kid. Grandma's Getting a Cochlear Implant Too.

Thursday October 2, 2008
MSNBC.com has a long article, "Older ears hear again with cochlear implants," about the growing popularity of cochlear implants among older people. Older people who lose their hearing generally do well with the implants, because they have had the experience of hearing. Mentioned in this article: Brenda Battat, executive director of Hearing Loss of America.

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