Aren't we wasting time with HAs...

GarnetTigerMom said:
I agree with you on that one to post the pros and cons. Thre are a few type of cochlear implants. 1. Med-el, 2. Nucleus Freedom, 3. Baha implants, and 4. Bilateral implants is all I heard so far.
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THe CI's are freedom, med-el and advanced bionics auria.

a baha is a bone anchored hearing aide. They place a peg in your skull allow the bone to grow around it for a few months then attach the HA part to the peg. They are used when the middle ear is the problem and the cochlea works well.

The bilateral is either two hearing aides, two baha's or two ci's.
 
IslandGal said:
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I was pushed into getting one by a CI specialist but I turned it down. Why? Because I didn't want it. Not everyone wants a CI. I am happy for those who are happy with theirs but it doesn't mean that I should get one for myself.

I have always wondered why Audiofuzzy isn't getting herself a CI if she is so obssessed with it.
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I asked that question in an earlier post. Evidently, she doesn't want to answer it.
 
Cheri said:
Because of her migraine, doesn't know rather or not having cochlear implant would effects her migraine.
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Vallee says her migraines have improved after implantation, I believe.
 
Audiofuzzy said:
yeah, I would say - if SOME kind of assistive device is unavoidable- why not the best right away. yes the tests should determine who is the best candidate, the earlier the better. why spend years hearing so-so with HAs,
if that can be avoided, and spent hearing much much better rigth away?

Fuzzy
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First of all, one doesn't hear right away with a CI. One has to learn how to hear witht he CI. And many people don't hear so-so with an HA; they hear well enough to be functional and satisfied with what they do hear. And the successof the CI is not guaranteed any more than success with an HA is guaranteed.

Rather than focusing on early implantation, we should be focusing on early langauge development. The CI does nothing to correct language deprivation, and that is the problem causing variable when talking about deafness.
 
Audiofuzzy said:
You might be suprised Deafdyke but it was actually YOU who got me thinking about it :)

It's your POV you expressed somewhere earlier that made me think - but why indeed would we have to treat it as last resort...?
Just the way how CI works is making it superior to HA. the only problem - it requires surgery, but then again, the benefits are so much more...

Fuzzy
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CI is not more beneficial in all cases. And because, the surgery as performed most often, destroys residual hearing, so you have to weigh the loss against the gain in the instance that it does not work. It is an invasive surgical procedure, and, as with all invasive surgical procedures, they are always used as a last resort. Cardiac surgoens don't opt for implanting a pace amker in patients that can have their disorder treated with medication, either. There is a reason for that. OB-Gyns don't do a C-section of a woman can give birth naturally. ENTs don't remove tonsils if an antibiotic will cure the infection. Very simple.
 
Exactly Jillioie, this is the point that people like her keep missing, not all deaf people will benefit equally, it's depends on each individual and deaf people should have the choice to choose either hearing aids or cochlear implants since it's a personal choice, and a cochlear implants does not make a deaf person into a hearing person, it’s just another type of hearing aid, which requires a lot of effort to make it work and beside deafness is not a life threatening illness, so why fix something that's not broken?.. If some deaf people prefer to hear more, than good for them, but not everyone feels the same way ya know, and that's IF one likes to hear more...
 
Angel said:
Exactly Jillioie, this is the point that people like her keep missing, not all deaf people will benefit equally, it's depends on each individual and deaf people should have the choice to choose either hearing aids or cochlear implants since it's a personal choice, and a cochlear implants does not make a deaf person into a hearing person, it’s just another type of hearing aid, which requires a lot of effort to make it work and beside deafness is not a life threatening illness, so why fix something that's not broken?.. If some deaf people prefer to hear more, than good for them, but not everyone feels the same way ya know, and that's IF one likes to hear more...
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She takes a one size fits all approach.
 
I won't get a CI because the very idea of sound gives me nightmares, and I suffer from nerve deafness so I couldn't have one anyway.

Also new isn't always better. One of the best HA I had was the Cubex which is a bodily worn hearing aid but they stopped making it so I had to switch to something else which didn't work as well.
 
I still think some ppl are forgetting or just skipping that you have to show some benefit with HAs b4 u go thru process of CI no?So really one cannot just skip and say im deaf/hoh i want ci i dont care bout has at all i just want ci..u cant just skip a step in the process!?...
 
neecy said:
"One size fits SOME" would be more apt than none...
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It was a joke Neecy...I'm sorry you didn't find that line funny as I did, I guess it was the wrong time of putting a little humor in this thread.... :-x
 
dreama said:
I won't get a CI because the very idea of sound gives me nightmares, and I suffer from nerve deafness so I couldn't have one anyway.

Also new isn't always better. One of the best HA I had was the Cubex which is a bodily worn hearing aid but they stopped making it so I had to switch to something else which didn't work as well.
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I have nerve damage and I also did not lose my residual hearing.
 
Angel said:
It was a joke Neecy...I'm sorry you didn't find that line funny as I did, I guess it was the wrong time of putting a little humor in this thread.... :-x
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You shouldn't be sorry, Angel. :) I think most of us got the joke. And humor is a handy tool for dealing with difficult situations and difficult people.
 
deafskeptic said:
You shouldn't be sorry, Angel. :) I think most of us got the joke. And humor is a handy tool for dealing with difficult situations and difficult people.
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Yeah...

Don´t anyone know that humor is good medicine ?
 
vallee said:
I have nerve damage and I also did not lose my residual hearing.
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Hi Vallee, I'm a bit confused here, if you have a nerve damage, and is implanted, how will the nerve requires to send the sound signal through the brain if it's damaged? ...


Edit: Will this procedure work on deaf people who have nerve damage?...
 
Angel said:
Hi Vallee, I'm a bit confused here, if you have a nerve damage, and is implanted, how will the nerve requires to send the sound signal through the brain if it's damaged? ...


Edit: Will this procedure work on deaf people who have nerve damage?...
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Yes, Angel it will work but what I was surprised at was Vallee saying he didn't lose his residual hearing.
 
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