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Policy. this does not bode well. speaking as an american, you get a worry about inequity, because it seems to me it just like the children of the rich have a higher chance of getting into harvard, yale and princeton. the children of the rich are the ones who would benefit from genetic engineering. "the five" let me ask greg something. >> dana: when theres a new technology, that concern and that legislation and regulation legs. isnt it too late to have the discussion? i think it is about stuff li...

Auditory brain stem implants on young children. heres how it works. similar to a cochlear implant, it has external and internal parts. a microphone and transmitter on the head converts sounds from the outside world into electrical signals. those signals are transmitted to the internal receiver made up of electrobes. bypassing the inner ear completely. >> by putting this electrode directly into the hearing centers of the brain, it is taking stuff and using the brain the way its designed to work. ...

>> their youngest son bret is 2 and has normal hearing like his parents. but caden was born without the part of the ear that converts nerve impulses to sound. without that, a cochlear implant would be no help. so from the start, they learned sign language. they figured it would be the only way caden would communicate. then danielle heard of another option. >> it was random. i was just talking to a friend and she was like, i think theyre doing avis in the u.s. now. >> it stands for auditory brain...

That converts sound to nerve impulses and then sends them to the brain. with no cocleas, a cochlear implant would be no help. from the start tommy and danielle learned sign language. they figured it would be the only way caden would ever communicate. then danielle heard of another option. >> it was random. i just talking to a friend and she was like, i think that theyre doing abis in the u.s. now. >> so abi stands for auditory brain stem implant. the main use for this is for kids born without ne...

Things that we do with babies, were going to be doing with children who have hearing aids or cochlear implant or abis. >> birthday cake. >> reporter: for now caden still relies primarily on sign language but hes already repeating certain sounds and hes becoming increasingly vocal. >> listen. baby. baby. >> reporter: keep in mind, hes only been able to hear any sound at all for three months. >> heres a loud one. all right. >> if he can just hear noises like a car coming when hes a kid playing, ha...

. >> saturday, sunday. you can hear my voice coming through both sides? >> yes, yes. john: that womans hearing sounds for the first time because she just got cochlear implants. what a difference technology can make. >> could you hear those words? >> yes. yes. john: makes me cry just watching, and theres more that could make us cry if we knew about it. 40 years ago man-made body parts were a fantasy in tv shows like the $6 million man. >> we can rebuild him.

. >> saturday, sunday >> can you hear my voice coming through both sides? >> yes. yes. >> that womans hearing sounds for the first time because she just got cochlear implants. what difference technology can make. the >> would you their hodthose -- r those words? >> yes. yes. >> makes me cry just watching it. 40 years ago man-made body parts were a fantasy in it tv shows like the $6 million man. >> gentlemen m we c, we can reb

Data suggests the plane was traveling faster than originally thought and ran out of fuel sooner. new troves of documents from former president bill clintons administr@dion set to be released this afternoon. >> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first, the good. the moment a deaf woman hears for the first time. >> monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. >> the 40-year-old who was born deaf had cochlear implants put in last month. the bad. instant karma in florida. reporting an an...

The story. >> reporter: when we first met 5-year-old carson ruben this past march, he was consistently one step behind his preschool classmates. >> i think he wears himself out trying to keep up with everybody else. >> have you ever been to the dentist? >> i cant hear you. >> have you ever been to the dentist? >> reporter: carsons doctor said there was a treatment that could dramatically improve his hearing. cochlear implants, which have had miraculous implants on some children. >> could you hea...

The story. >> reporter: when we first met 5-year-old carson ruben this past march, he was consistently one step behind his preschool classmates. >> i think he wears himself out trying to keep up with everybody else. >> have you ever been to the dentist? >> i cant hear you. >> have you ever been to the dentist? >> reporter: carsons doctor said there was a treatment that could dramatically improve his hearing. cochlear implants, which have had miraculous impacts on some children. >> could you hear...