Latest Stories on Cochlear Implants - January 1st, 2009 (!)

Injured Iraqi boy arrives in Bay Area for surgery
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
The Iraq Action Group, the Ruth Group and numerous volunteers were able to
secure for free a $75000 cochlear implant device, the skills of surgeon Dr.
Larry ...


Injured 3-Yr Old Iraqi Boy Arrives For Treatment
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Dr. Lawrence Lustig, director of the UCSF Douglas Gran Cochlear Implant
Center, will perform the operation pro bono, according to Lowenthal. ...


Iraqi boy to have surgery in SF
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
He will be staying at Ronald McDonald House while he goes through a
cochlear implant at UCSF. Doctor Lawrence Lustig is waiving his fee. ...


Ear op opens up world of sound for Leeds youngster
Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds,England,UK
By Katie Baldwin The lively five-year-old was born profoundly deaf and did
not speak until a cochlear implant gave her hearing in one ear. ...