Parents Should Get All the Information
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Parents Should Get All The Information
This is a very controversial topic that needs to be examined very closely with you child's best interest at the heart. I think that parents seem so desperate to want their child to hear and become normal that they are not considering or getting all the information on the topic. I am very much in the middle when I come to this discussion. I think that if depends on the needs and want of the child. This is a very delicate and individual decision for the parents and child to make.
If I were an audiologist I would make sure I gave all the information to the parents in full. I would request that they talk to someone with a cochlear implant before they say yes to the surgery. Also talk to individuals in the Deaf community to get a feel for their culture, opinions, and options offered for the child.
This is some of the information that I would give to the parents so they understand the good and the bad about this type of surgery.
PRO'S
 Restores auditory perception, but its not normal hearing
 Accessibility to language at the critical age for language acquisition if done right away
 Greater ease in high frequency consonant perception, e.gs., /sh/, /s/, /f/, /t/, /k/, /p/, /h/
 Distance hearing is likely better than with hearing aids, although FM systems are still needed in classrooms due to noise factor.
 Greater opportunity for natural sounding voice
 Can enable one to hear conversation and thus learn spoken language with relative ease, particularly for those with severe-profound hearing loss
 Avoids problems of acoustic feedback & ear mold issues
 Surgery while invasive is not more invasive than routine operations.
 Access to wider range of education options, social relationships,