CSPAN Tonight From Washington February 26, 2010
is where. a child that is born with congenital deafness can in fact live a highly productive life and many of those kids have been able to do so. but with early screening, to be sure, whether children -- to be sure whether children can hear or not, they are picked up early. these implants are now highly successful. something like 60,000 people now have them. that makes it possible if instituted early for that child to develop normal language. the cost of the implant is about $60,000 per patient. but if you add up the additional cost for education needed by a deaf child, that is about...
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