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Auditory brain stem implants on young children. here's 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 it's designed to work. and the brain itself in a very young child is able to grow and develop around this implant. >> cad...

>> 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 they're doing avis in the u.s. now. >> it stands for auditory brain stem implant. i like calling it a bionic ear. >> mark krieger at children's hospital in los angele...