Very interesting TEDMed talk (16 mins) by cochlear implant (CI) surgeon and musician Charles Limb, associate professor, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, at Johns Hopkins. He explains the challenges of CI patients hearing music and the brain research that is being done to help restore the full range of human hearing abilities. The talk even shows a video of a cat with a CI responding to a trumpet.
Lily loves music and has recently figured out the phrase "That song is stuck in my head." Her newest trick is dancing around the house singing "I got the mooooooooooooves like Jager" over and over again. More focus and attention on music therapy would be an incredible addition to the speech therapy that now helps kids with CIs learn langauge.
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