Audiofuzzy
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I do not agree with "forced drilling" as Hoochie says. I sometimes see this as no different as any other medical condition, from a parents point of view. I wood like the parent to wait it out, since it is a non life threatening condition, more a cosmetic thing. On the other hand, If a consenting adult of legal age, desires a CI...who are we to say F-Y? It is their choice and I wish them the best.
It is different in this aspect that the sooner you implant, the better the outcome.
You can not implant at later age and expect the same results as in infancy. you just can't.
The child implanted at the age of 6 months will have far, FAR better results
than a child implanted at the age of 6, and the child implanted at the age of 6 will have far,
far better results than a child implanted at the age of 12.
The older you are, the less your chances of learning to hear through the CI and understand sounds
simply for the fact that between the age O- 3 the speech and hearing centers in the brain are still developing it's called neuroplasticity.
https://successforkidswithhearinglo...ds/2011/08/Brain-Development-Hearing-Loss.pdf
"This is one reason why we believe that a critical period exists for consistent sound stimulation to fully develop the auditory center in the brain."
Think what you want, but personally I believe there is no reason to deprive the deaf from the ability of better hearing while still remaining culturally deaf. And for early implantation, it is even so much easier as opposed to late implantation because children learn naturally while all the late implantees must spend a helluva lot of time on learning and exercises.
think about that..
Fuzzy