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The Early Bird Gets the Worm

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Babies are learners from Day 1 and hearing is important for stimulating the brain, growing neural networks, and laying the foundation for literacy. Research shows that the earlier a child receives access to sound, the better for their listening and spoken language outcomes. New technology allows identifying hearing loss and fitting hearing aids within the first few days after birth. Recent research shows that for babies with severe to profound hearing loss, receiving a cochlear implant as early as 6 or 9 months of age improves the ability to produce speech and develop vocabulary, relative to an older age of cochlear implantation.

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