Living Conditions Of Children Born Deaf

The purpose of this report is to give a broad picture of the living conditions of the first generation of children born deaf who had cochlear implant (CI) surgery growing up, and who therefore have been given better opportunity for learning how to listen and speak.
Cochlear implants have given great benefits to people born deaf. They learn to read much better than was the case previously.
However, cochlear implants far from solve all problems. The report shows that even though these children can now communicate by listening and speaking, they have far from reached the same level as the group of children born without a hearing impairment. This is because their hearing starts to function later than other children's hearing, and because cochlear implants do not provide the same quality of hearing as natural hearing. Children with cochlear implants have difficulties following a conversion if several people are talking at once, and in informal situations, for example with their friends.
The survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and financed by the public pool of funds.