And the ears of the deaf shall Be unstopped.
By Rabbi Darby J Leigh
MyJewishLearning
This essay was the 2005 winner of The Whizin Prize, an essay contest open to all students from rabbinical training institutions around the world.
A cochlear implant is a device that is surgically implanted in the skull just behind the ear. There is also an external component to the device that is removable, and attaches to the skin above and behind the ear by means of an electromagnetic connection to the internal component. The external component has a wire connected to a receiver, which is worn behind the ear and looks somewhat like a conventional
