Cochlear Implants in Children Are Cost-Effective

Dershewitz, R A

NEJM Journal Watch :p JW200009010000006, 2000. | DOI: 10.1056/JW200009010000006

Approximately 0.3 percent of children younger than 5 years have profound deafness, and many are not helped by conventional hearing aids. Cochlear implants may be …