Primary care for the hearing impaired: a changing picture.
Fortunately, technologic improvements such as these have vastly increased acceptability: miniaturization, cosmetic improvements, and increased amplification ability for modest hearing losses earlier thought unaidable. The cochlear implant, approved by the FDA in 1984, is a major breakthrough for adults with profound hearing losses who are unable to be helped by conventional hearing aids.
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