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cochlear implants: controversy  

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  • Cochlear implants have been dogged by controversy since the earliest stages of their development. In the mid-1970s, when French otologist Claude-Henri Chouard, a pioneer in implant surgery, was implanting on average one deaf patient per month, the French Deaf community protested against the procedure, staging rallies in 1977 and 1978. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Cochlear Implants: Controversy]

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