Why do most people think that a cochlea implant is new technology?
ANS: Cochlear implant technology keeps improving each year so that it is “new,” or better than previous cochlear implants. What this says is that previous cochlear implants were not perfect – and they still aren’t. The perfect cochlear implant that will make Deaf people hear the same as hearing people can hear has yet to be invented. The medical profession continues to do research on Deaf children and improving the cochlear implant with the hope of someday perfecting it.