Research Paper On Cochlear Implant

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Pages: 5

Ally Stickle
BLMC 156.04
November 11, 2016
Research essay I am a new parent and have been told that my child has profound hearing loss. Now, hearing this really upset me, thinking there was something wrong with my child, it scared me. Then I immediately went into “Mom” mode and asked, “What do I do and how do I fix it?” The doctor suggested that I get my child fitted for a cochlear implant. That sounds easy enough but then the questions, what is it? How does it work? What are the benefits and will it hurt my child? All started coming to mind. I had to do some research before I could make a decision.
I found out as I began my research that I needed to understand the ear and how it works before I could understand the benefits of a cochlear implant.
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The external and the middle portion of the ear have conductive hearing, which allows sound to travel through the ear canal of the external ear, and hits the ear drum, causing it to vibrate (Cochlear Implants). There are three small bones that make up the middle ear, and when sound hits the eardrum, these three bones allow the vibrations to pass from the eardrum to the cochlea that is located in the inner ear. A cochlea is an auditory chamber (Cochlear Implants). It may seem like the external and middle parts of the ears are the most important, but the inner ear does the majority of the