Cochlear Implant industry - 4000 devices affected around the world.

Signed Version: On the surface, cochlear implants sound like a promising medical solution to the problems surrounding hearing loss or total deafness. A cochlear implant uses existing nerves and electronic signals to override damaged auditory nerves, thus restoring a sense of hearing to the recipient.





However, this technology has also caused serious divisions within the Deaf community concerning the hearing society's position on deafness in general. Cochlear implants are considered disrespectful and insulting, since the medical community views deafness as a handicap which must be treated or corrected.



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