Youngest patient receives bilateral cochlear implant
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Seven-month-old Bennett Haas, Chicago, heard for the first time when
Children's Memorial Hospital's audiologist Beth White activated his cochlear
implants. Bennett is one of the youngest patients in the country to have two
implants.
Nancy
Young, MD, founder of Children's Memorial's Cochlear
Implant Program, surgically implanted the device early November that
provides hearing to the deaf.
When FDA approved the first cochlear implant system 20 years ago, surgeons
implanted only one ear with this new and relatively unproven technology. Since
then, cochlear implant technology has revolutionized the treatment of childhood
deafness. Current technology has proven to be so successful that implanting both
ears is becoming standard practice when a child receives no significant benefit
for hearing aids.