Mini-Course: Challenging Situations
7 - Social and Physical Challenges
Social challenges
While cochlear implants give deaf children the ability to hear their peers during social interactions, they may have challenges keeping up with play, conversations, and group activities.More specifically, children with cochlear implants may have trouble with the following:
- Incidental conversations
- Identifying the speaker of a conversation
- Following rules or directions
- Social confidence
Below, a mother of a child with a cochlear implant explains the social challenges her daughter faced.
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