Poorna Kushalnagar, Kevin Krull, Julia Hannay, Paras Mehta, Susan Caudle, John Oghalai; Intelligence, Parental Depression, and Behavior Adaptability in Deaf Children Being
Considered for
Cochlear Implantation, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Volume 12, Issue 3, 1 July 2007, Pages 335 — 349, https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enm006
As a result, we see two types of deaf children being
considered for
cochlear implant candidacy: (a) young deaf infants and toddlers as part of early intervention plan promoting better language and behavioral development in deaf infants, and (b) older deaf children as the next alternate to other choices that have been attempted and did not satisfy family's expectation.