Socioeconomic status can affect spoken language success in deaf children with cochlear implants A recent study of outcomes in infants and young deaf children with cochlear implants (implanted electronic hearing device), suggests that socioeconomic status (SES) plays a major role in whether spoken language becomes their primary communication mode. The researchers found that communication primarily using spoken language occurred in 85% of commercially insured children with cochlear implants compared to 33% of Medicaid-eligible children. Results were published in the journal Laryngoscope.
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