This morning, in an effort to raise awareness and to provide the public more information on cochlear implant surgery as a viable treatment for hearing loss, the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle became the first hospital to live-tweet a cochlear implant surgery. The live-tweeting will also include live-instagramming of photos from inside the operating room.
On Twitter see @Swedish or #SwedishHear
A cochlear implant is very different from a hearing aid. Cochlear implants are designed to help adults and children who are profoundly deaf who receive little or no benefit from using hearing aids. Cochlear implants, coupled with intensive postimplantation therapy, can help young children to acquire speech, language, and social skills.
Posted by: Hearing Aids Hertfordshire | October 20, 2012 at 11:13 AM