When hearing loss is detected in a child, a range of reactions can follow. If parents or guardians decide that the appropriate route for their child is a cochlear implant, they should be aware of the commitment and motivation required for the hearing rehabilitation process. It is vital that the family, and even the child (depending on their age), understand that having a cochlear implant will not automatically repair or restore hearing loss. Cochlear implants are just the beginning of a long, but hopefully rewarding, journey that involves the child, their caregivers and the entire healthcare team, as well as anyone who comes into contact with that child. Everyone around the child should focus on hearing rehabilitation immediately after implantation. A service described by ASHA as including "training in auditory perception, use of visual cues, speech enhancement, language development, communication management, and management of hearing aids and assistive listening devices” (ASHA). This vague description gives rise to many different strategies, and subsequently leads to countless studies designed to determine which are the most effective. An article entitled “Identifying effective strategies to promote language in deceased children with cochlear implants” focuses its hearing rehabilitation techniques on early intervention and family involvement (Cruz, DesJardin, Marker, Quittner, 2013). These researchers emphasize that the ideal is to have a child implanted as early as possible, so that hearing rehabilitation is as effective as possible. Otherwise, hearing loss will persist through the years of language learning and can have serious consequences throughout the child's life. Without sufficient hearing experiences, this child will...... middle of paper ......nts. Child Development, 84(2), 543-559. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01863.xErtmer, DJ, Jongmin, J., & True Kloiber, D. (2013). Starting to speak like an adult: Increased verbal expressions in young cochlear implant recipients and typically developing children. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(4), 591-603. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2013/12-0058)Jackson, C. and Schatschneider, C. (2014). Rates of language growth in hearing-impaired children in an auditory-verbal early intervention program. American Annals of the Death, 158(5), 539-554. Jeddi, Z., Jafari, Z., Zarandy, MM, Kassani, A. (2014). Auditory rehabilitation in children with cochlear implants: a study of cognition, social communication and motor skill development. Cochlear Implants International: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 15(2), 93-100. doi:10.1179/1754762813Y.0000000060