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Monday, August 27, 1984
The Battalion/Page 5
Implants
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United Press International
DENVER — Research on deaf
ened young monkeys suggests surgi
cally implanted hearing devices
could help in the psychological de
velopment of deaf children, two re
searchers say.
Dr. Thomas Balkany and Dr.
Martin Reite said initial research in
Denver indicated deafeneci monkeys
using the hearing devices, known as
cochlear implants, fared better psy
chologically than other deaf mon
keys in a control group.
They said the findings probably
were applicable to thousands of deaf
children who might benefit from the
implants. The devices already are
being used experimentally to help
some deaf children gain limited
hearing, but there still are concerns
about their long-term safety.
Balkany and Reite said last week
the initial phase of their research at
the University of Colorado Primate
Center lasted five years, and no ad
verse effects were observed in the
monkeys, which had been deafened
painlessly with drugs.
Like children, Reite said, young
monkeys are likely to develop behav
ioral problems as a result of deaf
ness. The behavioral similarities
have made the primate center’s
monkey colony especially useful in
studies on the benefits of cochlear
implants in children, he said.
“It appeared to us that by provid
ing this device in monkeys we were
able to reverse some of the delete
rious effects of deafening,” said
Reite, the center’s director. “The
studies gave evidence that monkeys
with the device played more with
other animals and had an increased
ability to relate socially in an accepta
ble way.”
Reite’s focus is on the monkey’s
behavior patterns, while Balkany,
medical director of the Colorado
Otologic Research Center at Porter
Hospital, is studying medical aspects
of the experiments.
“We are excited about it because
nobody else in the country has been
able to find a behavioral model for
hearing impairment — to study
many things about it that might re
verse some of the problems,” Bal
kany said.
The problems of deafness in chil
dren, he said, can include irritability
and “personality changes that alter
the ability to
relationships.”
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