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elleng

(130,908 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 04:58 PM Aug 2018

Between Sound and Silence

For a generation of people with cochlear implants, technology is transforming the experience of deafness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/opinion/deafness-cochlear-implants.html?

P.S. A friend visited this weekend, with her kayak (and mini-sail) and her cochlear implant; she showed me the water-proof container she uses when on the water.

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