Great Cochlear Implants

I've been a special education teacher and a school-based occupational therapist for the last ten years and I tell you this, working with these children has helped me more than I have helped them. They taught me more than I have ever taught them. They have given me more than I could ever share and they have shown me much of what life should really be about than anybody else.

I have handled children of all abilities and have worked with parents and other paraprofessionals seeking to help children and students from different parts of the globe.Working in the school setting has indeed provided me various opportunity to work with them.

Children with Autism, with ADHD, with Cerebral Palsy, with Global Developmental Delay,, with multiple impairment and children with hearing impairment.
 
Back in 2003, I enrolled and passed a 10-day course on Basic American Sign Language given by the Special Education Assistance heade by Father Luke Moortgat, a De La Salle brother whose origin is from Belgium.

From the course I have learned that signing is just one of the many ways we can help our students with hearing impairment.

One great help we can give them is a Cochlear Implant. For those leaning on the non-medical side, I know you would want to know more about this. Just what is a Cochlear Implant (CI) about?

Cochlear Implants is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear.

Robotic, bionic or whatever you want to call it, I have seen it helps wonderfully my students. They perform better inside the classroom, outside of their schools and blend perfectly well within their society.

Make no mistake about it but Cochlear Implant Surgery is a safe and relatively minor operation of just a few hours. Students or children who have had the surgery have been known to go home immediately afterward, playing normally with minimal post-surgical effects. The surgery has the same normal risks associated with any surgery, and serious complications are rare.

Go and have your family member needing a cochlear implant be checked by a specialist. The gains from this is a win-win for everyone involved in helping our hearing impaired loved ones.

Let's give our children the gift of a lifetime. The gift of hearing and the gift everyone aspire for: normalized life.