Cochlear implants are more beneficial to deaf children with learning disabilities than hearing aids (IMAGE)

University of Southern California - Health Sciences

Cochlear implants are more beneficial to deaf children with learning disabilities than hearing aids

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John Oghalai, MD, is an otolaryngologist with Keck Medicine of USC, chair of the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and lead author of the study.

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Ricardo Carrasco III

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