| Literature DB >> 26077481 |
Donna Jo Napoli1, Nancy K Mellon2, John K Niparko3, Christian Rathmann4, Gaurav Mathur5, Tom Humphries6, Theresa Handley1, Sasha Scambler7, John D Lantos8.
Abstract
Every year, 10,000 infants are born in the United States with sensorineural deafness. Deaf children of hearing (and nonsigning) parents are unique among all children in the world in that they cannot easily or naturally learn the language that their parents speak. These parents face tough choices. Should they seek a cochlear implant for their child? If so, should they also learn to sign? As pediatricians, we need to help parents understand the risks and benefits of different approaches to parent-child communication when the child is deaf [corrected].Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26077481 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1632
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatrics ISSN: 0031-4005 Impact factor: 7.124