Myth #1: That cochlear implants don't really enable deaf kids to hear.

They can, and they do! (But, unfortunately, our 15 year old dog can't benefit from the technology, though she could sure use it! LOL!)

For some reason, anti-CI people (who aren't even using the technology) insist that it's just a form of sound being brought in, and some even try to say they don't work. Well, you can argue semanticallly about what to call the message that comes in through the microphone and is received by the auditory nerve. But when children can understand you easily and can speak clearly and in complex ways, obviously using what must be clear audition, we can label it "hearing." Hey, we can call it whatever we want, as long as it works! If asked, Elliot (7) says he is hearing with his CI and deaf when it's off. Simple as that!

(And yes, that's Oliver blowing a whistle in the picture.)