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Cochlear Implants and the Right to Language: Ethical Considerations, the Ideal Situation, and Practical Measures Toward Reaching the Ideal

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Tom Humphries, Poorna Kushalnagar, Gaurav Mathur, Donna Jo Napoli, Carol Padden, Christian Rathmann and Scott Smith

Submitted: 12 May 2011 Published: 27 April 2012

DOI: 10.5772/35558

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Cochlear Implant Research Updates

Edited by Cila Umat and Rinze Anthony Tange

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Written By

Tom Humphries, Poorna Kushalnagar, Gaurav Mathur, Donna Jo Napoli, Carol Padden, Christian Rathmann and Scott Smith

Submitted: 12 May 2011 Published: 27 April 2012