Are you waiting for stem cells or something to improve hearing?

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Deafness and blindness are not the end of the world and do not necessitate the need for stem cell treatments. I was born totally blind and have no desire whatsoever to see.
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
I know musicians with hearing losses who do well.
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I'm one of them. Still, when the time comes I'll go for it and see that my hearing loss in my right ear be restored or at least improved upon through the help of biotechnology.
 
Jiro said:
stem cell research is performed by thousand of organizations with specific agenda. Nobody is wasting time and money. For example - Christopher Reeves (the original superman) funded stem cell research specifically for spinal cord damage. He's not going to bother with funding stem cell research for leukemia or whatever. There are other people for that. Federal government is funding most of it as well anyway. Pharmaceutical companies and countries like Singapore are already pouring billions in R&D to create drugs/cures for something serious like AIDS, schizophrenia, etc.

We've already spent billions and lost millions of lives to diseases/cancers that cannot ever be cured by drugs. Finally... this time - we have a good promising fighting chance... to combat these incurable diseases/cancers at genetic level and that's stem cell research. Human is designed and born with 5 senses. naturally - they will find a way to enhance those 5 senses and also to repair the damaged sense.
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Yeah, those things are far more important than treating deafness. I think we should continue to focus on those things for now. Those things can affect your lives much much much more than deafness can ever affect your lives. We can live without our hearing but we cannot live without a heart or a pancreas or a liver or an immune system. Schizophrenia and other mentally illnesses can be fatal in a way (suicide, etc). AIDS can kill you (I lost my close friend to AIDS a few years ago and I really miss him a lot). AIDS is still an pretty big epidemic and therefore it should be considered very important right now. It spreads pretty fast! Look at Africa...AIDS is killing so many innocent children because some idiots thought that raping a child would cure AIDS - it is a myth that's victimizing those poor innocent kids. Some cancers can be treated with stem cells. The list of really important things that can be treated with stem cells is really long and they take priority over treating deafness.
 
kokonut said:
I'm one of them. Still, when the time comes I'll go for it and see that my hearing loss in my right ear be restored or at least improved upon through the help of biotechnology.
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Well if it does ever become available in your lifetime go for it. :roll:
 
Hear Again said:
Deafness and blindness are not the end of the world and do not necessitate the need for stem cell treatments. I was born totally blind and have no desire whatsoever to see.
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That's fine and that is entirely you opinion. However, for millions of others who are experiencing vision loss or even recent blindness would like to see their vision restored. It's a matter of quality of life issue for most people. Just as it'd be a quality of life issue when it comes to being able to walk again.
 
It's the quality of life and increased independence that can make a difference here.

So you think people with disabilities have a poorer quality of life compared to those who can see, hear, walk, etc.?

I was born totally blind and I am perfectly happy with my life thank you very much.
 
kokonut said:
That's fine and that is entirely you opinion. However, for millions of others who are experiencing vision loss or even recent blindness would like to see their vision restored. It's a matter of quality of life issue for most people. Just as it'd be a quality of life issue when it comes to being able to walk again.
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Quality of life is a subjective opinion. One does not need to be able to see, hear, walk, etc. to have a good life.
 
Hear Again said:
That's right. If you want proof, just visit AAMHL's website. (Association for Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss). I'm a part of that group myself since I sing and play several musical instruments.
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So am I.
 
Hear Again said:
Quality of life is a subjective opinion. One does not need to be able to see, hear, walk, etc. to have a good life.
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That's the matter left to an individual to consider, and not by you. It is also a matter of having independency rather than to be dependent on people for a variety of things. Life experiences and the issue of quality of life are rather subjective. If you were to be paralyzed and unable to walk due to a spinal cord injury and that there is a biological treatment that will help regenerate the severed nerves in the spinal cord for you to walk again as before would you take that treatment or not?

Again, it's a quality of life and even independency issues here.
 
No. I do not want any treatment for my deafness. I'm fine with that way.
 
kokonut said:
That's the matter left to an individual to consider, and not by you. It is also a matter of having independency rather than to be dependent on people for a variety of things. Life experiences and the issue of quality of life are rather subjective. If you were to be paralyzed and unable to walk due to a spinal cord injury and that there is a biological treatment that will help regenerate the severed nerves in the spinal cord for you to walk again as before would you take that treatment or not?

Again, it's a quality of life and even independency issues here.
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Excuse me? I'm not dependent on anyone. I do my own shopping, I read my own mail, I do my own cooking and cleaning. I'm also able to travel independently.

Where exactly am I being dependent upon sighted people?
 
Hear Again said:
Excuse me? I'm not dependent on anyone. I do my own shopping, I read my own mail, I do my own cooking and cleaning. I'm also able to travel independently.

Where exactly am I being dependent upon sighted people?
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would you say having a CI helps you a great deal in terms of independence?
 
Hear Again said:
Excuse me? I'm not dependent on anyone. I do my own shopping, I read my own mail, I do my own cooking and cleaning. I'm also able to travel independently.

Where exactly am I being dependent upon sighted people?
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Do you depend on interpreters? Real time captioners? Relay operators? Video phone ASL interpreters which are indeed that use sighted people to begin with.
 
kokonut said:
Do you depend on interpreters? Real time captioners? Relay operators? Video phone ASL interpreters which are indeed sighted people to begin with.
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No to all of the above.

I'm able to hear with my CIs, so I no longer use tactile interpreters, real-time captionists or relay.

Sorry to disappoint you.
 
Hear Again said:
No to all of the above. I'm able to hear with my CIs, so I no longer use tactile interpreters, real-time captionists or relay.

Sorry to disappoint you.
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ah-ha.... there you go. so this stem cell research for deafness is a worthwhile investment after all.
 
Jiro said:
ah-ha.... there you go. so this stem cell research for deafness is a worthwhile investment after all.
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My decision to receive CIs was to improve my own personal safety as a deafblind person -- not because I wanted to stop relying on tactile terps, captionists or relay.

Your point?
 
Hear Again said:
My decision to receive CIs was to improve my own personal safety as a deafblind person -- not because I wanted to stop relying on tactile terps, captionists or relay.

Your point?
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you missed the other point - increased quality of life. improving personal safety is part of it as well.
 
Jiro said:
you missed the other point - increased quality of life. improving personal safety is part of it as well.
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Increased quality of life does not equate to being able to hear.

A Deaf person can be just as happy (if not more) than a hearing person.
 
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