HearingEars

Here to help you Hear

Humans are unique and different from animals since we communicate with each other verbally. Although we use other methods of communication such as hand gestures, facial expression and written word, the verbal method is the only possible way to communicate in certain situations such as over the phone and when some one calls to us from behind. We do not need to look directly or even be in the same room as the other person to communicate verbally.
A person who cannot communicate verbally runs the risk of social isolation and depression. The elderly with hearing loss suffer from accelerated dementia and decline of brain function.
A child's intellectual development is directly linked to hearing, a child who cannot hear can obviously not learn to speak. A human baby develops the capability to hear and has a functional auditory system while still in the mother's womb, so a child born with hearing loss has already lost out on many months of auditory stimulation and the brain development linked with it. So if you suspect your child to have hearing loss you should not delay in getting appropriate treatment. Correcting hearing loss at the right age can not only accelerate speech and language development but also puts the child back on track for intelectual development.
Our ears are the only sensory organs who's function can be restored. Cochlear implants are revolutionary medical devices that receive sound from the environment and stimulates the nerve for hearing directly. Cochlear implants bypass the defective part of our hearing pathway - the cochlea and provide auditory signals to the nerve endings in the inner ear.