Deaf No More

By Regina Hoo

June 2017 HEALTH
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A diagram of how a cochlear implant device works.
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The cochlear implant programme has helped more than a hundred people with impaired hearing since its introduction in Penang in 2005.The world can be silent for those with profound hearing impairment. Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) occurs when there is damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain. Most of the time it cannot be medically or surgically corrected.But innovative medical technology is making the impossible possible. There is now a device...

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Regina Hoo

is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.

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