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You are misinterpreting. I did not say a child would have to be implanted at birth to receive any benefit. I said a child would have to be implanted at birth in order to have no linquistic delays as a result of a hearing deficit. Quite a different thing. If you implant at 6 months, there is already a 6 month delay resulting from the linquistic input that the child cannot access for that time period. Additionally, you are failing to note the delays that continue to accumulate while a child is trained to use the implant following implantation. Those pile on top of the ones that begin to accumulate at birth.