How Cochlear Implants Affect Brain Circuits

Friday, July 1, 2016 - 13:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Four-year-old William Wootton was born profoundly deaf, but thanks to cochlear implants fitted when he was about 18 months old, the Granite Bay preschooler plays with a keyboard synthesizer and reacts to the sounds of airplanes and trains, while still learning American Sign Language. “He has done extremely well,” said William’s mother, Jody Wootton. “He […]

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