Parents of children who use cochlear implants are used to the interest that their child's cochlear implant receives. There are the stares at the "thing on the kid's head," there are the questions, and there are the blank stares that ultimately follow after you inform them that it's called a cochlear implant.

Occasionally, you do come across someone who actually has heard of a cochlear implant before. However, after speaking with them for a few moments, you may actually wish that they would be from the first group. Most of the time, they tend to have very basic misconceptions about the implant and they are convinced of their truth.

Myths about cochlear implants have plagued them since day one. They are spread either by malicious intent from those that are opposed to its use, such as the deaf culture community; or they are just believed by well-meaning folk who are simply mistaken.

Here is our list of the five most common cochlear implant myths that we've come across. Although there are plenty more, these are the ones that seem to be the most widespread:

1. Cochlear implants are imbedded in the brain.

2. Children with cochlear implants cannot learn to sing.

3. Cochlear implants are a cure for deafness.

4. By getting a cochlear implant, you lose the ability to restore normal hearing with some future technology.

5. Cochlear implants are too experimental.

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