SPREAD THE WORD!
DEAF PEOPLE CAN SPEAK AND HEAR WITH
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
COCHLEAR IMPLANT: /kŏk'lē-ər ĭm-plānt'/ noun
A surgically implanted electronic device that
provides people with severe-to-profound deafness
access to sounds
About 1 billion people in the world live with disabilities.1
...of those, about 275 million have hearing loss.2
About
5million
have profound deafness.3
People who have profound deafness receive limited benefits from hearing aids and have no meaningful access to speech.
Only 5% of all people who are qualified for cochlear implants are hearing with the technology today.4
GO OUTSIDE AND ASK STRANGERS:
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT A COCHLEAR IMPLANT IS?"
HOW CAN YOU TELL THE
WORLD
ABOUT THE
FANTASTIC
TECHNOLOGY?
SHARE PICTURES ON FACEBOOK
When you click ‘like’ and share the photo, your friends will see the photo on their newsfeed.
When you share a photo and your friends click ‘like’ or share the photo too, their friends will see it on their newsfeed.
As a result, you are spreading your message exponentially to a number of people!
WEAR A T-SHIRT
WITH COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
When wearing a t-shirt with cochlear implants on it, strangers will notice and perhaps start a conversation about it!
PUT A BUMPER STICKER ON A CAR
WHY IS ACCESS TO
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS SO LOW?
1. Low awareness among the general population5
2. Physicians are not providing information to their patients6
3. Political issues in the Deaf community7
4. Financial issues8
5. Not widely accetped as the 'best clinical practice9
