Researchers Test Device to Help Deaf Children Detect Sounds
From: Product Design & Development - 02/13/2105

At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf
children.

Born without working auditory nerves, she can detect sounds for the first
time — and start to mimic them — after undergoing brain surgery to implant a
device that bypasses missing wiring in her inner ears.

Angelica is one of a small number of US children who are testing what's
called an auditory brainstem implant, or ABI. The device goes beyond cochlear
implants that have brought hearing to many deaf children but that don't work
for tots who lack their hearing nerve. 

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http://www.pddnet.com/news/2015/02/researchers-test-device-help-deaf-children-detect-sounds
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/02/device-help-deaf-children-detect-sounds
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2015/02/researchers-test-device-help-deaf-children-detect-sounds-0

Link:
Laurie S. Eisenberg
http://www.usc.edu/programs/hcn/profile.php?fid=108