ACI Alliance – The American Cochlear Implant Alliance Foundation
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ACI Alliance – The American Cochlear Implant Alliance Foundation
Cochlear implants enable children and adults who are deaf to hear the ever present sounds of speech, music, and the environment in their daily lives. Without intervention, adults and children with severe-to-profound hearing loss suffer great consequences, such as delays in the development of spoken language, reduced academic performance, and reduced occupational success. The successful utilizat...
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A board of directors was elected, bylaws were adopted, an executive director was hired and the ACI Alliance moved forward with a set of targeted activities designed to help make the cochlear implant intervention more widely accessible to children and adults who may benefit from it. The organization operates in an inclusive and collaborative manner with existing organizations in the field of hea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochlear Implants International
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1467-0100,1754-7628
DOI: 10.1179/1467010013z.00000000082