Rachel Chaikof is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient who received her first cochlear implant at the age of 2 and a half in 1989 when she was one of the first 200 children in the US to be implanted and was raised with the Auditory-Verbal approach. She founded Cochlear implant Online in 2001 to create better awareness of cochlear implants and that deaf children can learn the language through hearing and speaking. She has been awarded Graeme Clark Scholarship and Hearing Hero from Cochlear. She has BA in Visual Communications from Savannah College of Art and Design and MA in Material and Visual Culture from University College London.Profile: Rachel Chaikof
Rachel Chaikof is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient who received her first cochlear implant at the age of 2 and a half in 1989 when she was one of the first 200 children in the US to be implanted and was raised with the Auditory-Verbal approach. She founded Cochlear implant Online in 2001 to create better awareness of cochlear implants and that deaf children can learn the language through hearing and speaking. She has been awarded Graeme Clark Scholarship and Hearing Hero from Cochlear. She has BA in Visual Communications from Savannah College of Art and Design and MA in Material and Visual Culture from University College London.