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I had my " head cracked open " for a CI almost 2 years ago. And yes I felt like my poor head was literally cracked open !!! My recovery from surgery took about 10 days. Was " turned on " 2 months later. I don't regret getting the CI, however it was not a cure all. I did my own speech therapy since I am old enough to to learn on my own. I am so glad to kept one ear " natural" so I can still enjoy the full spectrum of sound. The CI sound very mechanical. So , depending on if one have any residual hearing or completely stone deaf, they can decide if they want the CI or not. I am not getting the other CI till I am stone deaf in my residual ear . I still don't recommend CI's for children under the age of 18. Learn and teach sign language to your child with a hearing loss and let the child decide when they are 18 years and over.

<blockquote data-quote="SouthFella" data-source="post: 1546548" data-attributes="member: 2477"><p>I had my &quot; head cracked open &quot; for a CI almost 2 years ago. And yes I felt like my poor head was literally cracked open !!!&nbsp;&nbsp; My recovery from surgery took about 10 days.&nbsp;&nbsp; Was &quot; turned on &quot; 2 months later. I don't regret getting the CI, however it was not a cure all.&nbsp; I did my own speech therapy since I am old enough to to learn on my own. I am so glad to kept one ear &quot; natural&quot;&nbsp; so I can still enjoy the full spectrum of sound. The CI sound very mechanical.&nbsp; So , depending on if one have any residual hearing or completely stone deaf, they can decide if they want the CI or not.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not getting the other CI till I am stone deaf in my residual ear . I still don't recommend CI's for children under the age of 18.&nbsp;&nbsp; Learn and teach&nbsp; sign language to your child with a hearing loss and let the child decide when they are 18 years and over.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="SouthFella, post: 1546548, member: 2477"] I had my " head cracked open " for a CI almost 2 years ago. And yes I felt like my poor head was literally cracked open !!! My recovery from surgery took about 10 days. Was " turned on " 2 months later. I don't regret getting the CI, however it was not a cure all. I did my own speech therapy since I am old enough to to learn on my own. I am so glad to kept one ear " natural" so I can still enjoy the full spectrum of sound. The CI sound very mechanical. So , depending on if one have any residual hearing or completely stone deaf, they can decide if they want the CI or not. I am not getting the other CI till I am stone deaf in my residual ear . I still don't recommend CI's for children under the age of 18. Learn and teach sign language to your child with a hearing loss and let the child decide when they are 18 years and over. [/QUOTE]

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