Cochlear Implant Program (CIP)

What is a cochlear implant?
A cochlear implant is an electronic device that is designed to provide hearing to those with profound deafness. Part of the device is surgically implanted into the inner ear and the other part is worn externally. A cochlear implant does not restore a persons’ hearing to normal or cure deafness. The implant stimulates the auditory nerve directly, bypassing the damaged part of the cochlea. Many workable nerve cells remain in the hearing nerve even in cases of profound deafness and the implant can restore activity to this nerve and the hearing pathway. Many individuals who become deaf after speech and language has been learned are capable of excellent speech understanding with their implant.