Cochlear implantation is controversial among deaf people

EDITOR,-Richard Ramsden and John Graham's editorial on cochlear implantation makes it clear that, from a medical perspective, this treatment represents a great advance in the management of deafness. 1 I am surprised that the authors fail to mention the reaction that this issue has provoked amon...

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Published inBMJ Vol. 312; no. 7034; p. 850
Main Author Gauntlett, Rupert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Association 30.03.1996
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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Subjects
Children & youth
Cochlear implantation
Cochlear Implants
Deafness
Deafness - rehabilitation
Hearing aids
Humans
Letter
Letters
Patient Satisfaction
Sign language
Transplants & implants
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Summary:EDITOR,-Richard Ramsden and John Graham's editorial on cochlear implantation makes it clear that, from a medical perspective, this treatment represents a great advance in the management of deafness. 1 I am surprised that the authors fail to mention the reaction that this issue has provoked among deaf people. 2 There is no opposition to restoring hearing to children or adults who have become deaf after learning spoken language, but in promoting cochlear implants for children who are born deaf doctors have lost the confidence of many deaf people. 3 The editorial's authors point out that a deaf infant given a cochlear implant may be expected "to acquire intelligible speech" and "be educated in mainstream schools."
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ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.312.7034.850b