Deaf Could Learn to Speak

earNew finding show that implants for babies can enable them to learn to speak almost as well as hearing babies. The implant, which was tried on cats, bypasses the defective hair cells in the ear and stimulates neurons directly, enabling feedback which allows the learning process.

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