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Learn more about cochlear implants and see why Help Me Hear is dedicated to helping deaf children hear.
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Hearing aids can make a difference in the lives of children with mild to moderate hearing impairments, but they provide little to no help to those children with severe to profound hearing impairments. Enter the cochlear implant. A hearing aid simply amplifies sounds to make them louder in hopes that the damaged ear will then be able to recognize them. A cochlear implant bypasses certain damaged parts of the ear and then uses electric signals to directly stimulate the auditory nerve, which communicates the signals to the brain for interpretation.
With the ability to hear and understand sounds related to speech, a child once deaf or severely hard of hearing may begin to build the foundations of oral communication.
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