Roughly one in five Americans has some form of hearing loss, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Zenek Luci was born deaf to a family in Welland, Ontario. He used hearing aids as an infant before receiving a cochlear implant in an operation, his father, Gabriel, says.
Viral videos of patients receiving cochlear implants and hearing for the first time pack an emotional punch. It's a technology that's transforming lives—and one that's long stirred debate within the Deaf community. Dr. Samantha Kesteloot, an audiologist, educates families about implants and wears one herself.
Without Zenek's implant, using just the hearing aid,"Everything he said was gibberish," says Gabriel Luci."So that told us, okay, he's not getting enough with the aid." Dorian Smith Garcia wrote recently that videos celebrating cochlear implants"play into audism," which implies that people with hearing loss need to be"cured or corrected."
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