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Because the implants are controversial, very expensive, and have uncertain results, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has limited the implants to people:
- who get no significant benefit from hearing aids
- who are at least 2 years old (the age at which specialists can verify severity of deafness)
- with severe to profound hearing loss.
— Carol A. Turkington
