When a hearing aid isn’t enough, a cochlear implant may be next best step

When a hearing aid isn’t enough, a cochlear implant may be next best step

By Paula Span The New York Times Kitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem had worsened over the past year. Even with her hearing aids, “there was little or no sound,” she said. “I was avoiding going out in groups. I stopped playing cards, stopped going to Bible study, even going to church.” Her audiologist was unable to offer Grutzmacher, a retired nurse in Elgin, Ill., a solution. But she found her way to …