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Unread 11-14-2010, 11:46 AM   #36 (permalink)
deafgal001
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Originally Posted by faire_jour View Post
I don't object to the word "hearing", I don't think they "aid". I think aid implies that it is helping or boosting residual hearing, whereas the CI is totally different.
That's what amplification does. It tries to reach the nerves hair cells so it can simulate the nerves.

CIs still aid hearing the same way as HAs... both goals is to simulate the nerves so we can hear.
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