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Annelle V. Hodges, PhD; Thomas J. Balkany, MD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(1):93-94. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1104

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Early human records from the third century BC indicate that primitive cultures recognized and treated hearing loss using plant extracts and minerals with empirical or magical intent.¹ However, only recently have physicians been able to treat adequately the most severe disorder of hearing, profound sensorineural hearing loss (nerve deafness). Beginning in the 1960s, the concurrent evolution of auditory science, including implantable microprocessors, microsurgery techniques, and antibiotics, opened the door to cochlear implantation, which has only become widely available for children in the past 2 decades.

Childhood deafness is common in the United States, with approximately 4000 infants per year born with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss.^2-3 Before the advent of cochlear implantation, children born with these levels of impairment were often educated in state residential schools and communicated through manual language, most commonly American Sign Language (ASL). American Sign Language . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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