Cochlear

This First Person column is written by Kaja Montgomery, who lives in Toronto. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I had been wearing flesh-coloured hearing aids since I was three. It wasn't until 30…

Cochlear implants are among the most successful neural prostheses on the market. These artificial ears have allowed nearly 1 million people globally with severe to profound hearing loss to either regain access to the sounds around them…