Till a few decades back, otology, as a field, lagged behind majority of medicinal fields. However, despite limited funding for hearing research as compared to vision loss, cochlear implants revolutionized the whole picture [1].

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Citation: Hellen Keller. “Deafness: Present, Past and Future". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 2.2 (2020): 01.

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