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Cochlear Implants - Views

Perspectives on cochlear implants, including the "controversy."

Cochlear Implants - Parental Rights

When a deaf mother's deaf children in foster care were going to be given cochlear implants against the deaf mother's wishes, it generated a storm of controversy and an intense legal battle.

Cochlear Implant - Deaf Teenager Against

A deaf teenager with a cochlear implant expresses himself.

Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids - Effectiveness

Article by an About Deafness contributor, about the effectiveness of cochlear implants and hearing aids and why they sometimes seem to "not work."

Cochlear Implant Comments from About Visitors

Cochlear implants and the opinions of About visitors.

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