I am glad plan surgeon my implant cochlear

You can see here where exactly CI is located:

cochlear-thumb.jpg


Fuzzy
 
Drew's Dad said:
But there's a big hole in your head to "plug" the coil in, right?
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Big?!? There is a small hole where they put the electrode into the cochlea. Is that what you are referring to? Otherwise, I have no idea of the "coil" you speak of.
 
Yup, CI don't touch on brain, just help brain to interpreting the sound when goes on transfer from inner ear.

If it does touch on brain then we need be have brain problem or decrease of IQ, no way.
 
sr171soars said:
Big?!? There is a small hole where they put the electrode into the cochlea. Is that what you are referring to? Otherwise, I have no idea of the "coil" you speak of.
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Sorry soars, I was kidding.

I see anti-CI'ers mention the "fact" that the CI is in the brain, and the "fact" that the person is left with a big hole in their skull after the surgery so that the coil (the part with the magnet on it that sticks to the head) can be "plugged in".
 
Drew's Dad said:
Sorry soars, I was kidding.

I see anti-CI'ers mention the "fact" that the CI is in the brain, and the "fact" that the person is left with a big hole in their skull after the surgery so that the coil (the part with the magnet on it that sticks to the head) can be "plugged in".
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No problem. I should have known (long day you know how that goes) :D
 
Tousi said:
Anyone know why this person's CI failed him?
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Wish I knew too cuz I have met and worked with several people who didnt benefit from their CIs and I never really get a good answer when I ask them why their CIs didnt work for them. That is including acquaintances and children both. I am curious too but I have given up really trying to find out and just accept that for some people it doesnt work, I guess. :dunno:
 
Tousi said:
Anyone know why this person's CI failed him?
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From what I gathered (not easily mind you) that Mr. Smith's CI probably caused some kind of allergic reaction to the metal of the CI. If this was the case, I have heard of this with other types if implants (i.e., knee and etc.) Not common but some people are more sensitive to metal than others.
 
sr171soars said:
From what I gathered (not easily mind you) that Mr. Smith's CI probably caused some kind of allergic reaction to the metal of the CI. If this was the case, I have heard of this with other types if implants (i.e., knee and etc.) Not common but some people are more sensitive to metal than others.
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Oic, sr171 and if this is the case, that's really unfortunate. So I guess this case wouldn't be one to skew the success rate, per se, being that the body's rejecting it, I guess....
 
Tousi said:
Oic, sr171 and if this is the case, that's really unfortunate. So I guess this case wouldn't be one to skew the success rate, per se, being that the body's rejecting it, I guess....
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Except that it is a factor in the success rate. If we want to have an honest conversation about when implants work or don't work, and why, we need to acknowledge it when they fail. And for all intents and purposes, this is not a successful CI.

It's useful to distinguish *why* an implant failed, and say, X% failed because of ossification, Y% because of this, Z% because of that. But included in that is that there will be some percentage of users whose bodies are unable for some reason to tolerate the implant. My guess is that this sort of failure is extremely rare - implants are made out of silicon and titanium specifically because those two materials are almost never bioreactive - but I suppose it *can* happen, and it needs to be acknowledged.

In the end, any medical procedure carries a risk of failure. I think CIs in general have demonstrated an acceptable success rate (my opinion, anyway), and that the rewards are sufficient to justify the risk of a non-working implant for many people. But that doesn't mean there's a 100% success rate, and that's to be expected with any medical procedure or body augmentation.
 
That is true removal my implant. I hope I am happy...

:cool: That is Dr.Brian Westerberg smartest to skills how fix surgery my implant removal my implant. I surprised I sleep to long time cochlear implant. That is not hurt to yourself. I know very hard patience waiting healing and feel better improve no headache. I hope possible I'm not sure guess that is my dr.Karpinksi know. He is happy and enjoy yourself positive. I know don't want to hurt to yourself. I want to love myself. I don't want to worried. I want to famous Travis Smith. I told campaign to top for Travis Smith. I have experience not work cochlear implant waste of time. I didn't understand hearing and not working noisy that is weird. That is cuz the funny inside my head. My life is history is honest. :bowdown:
 
That is cuz the funny inside my head.
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No one thinks you are lying :)

What is "the funny" inside your head? do you have headaches? do you have compulsive -obsessive disorder? do you have tinnitus (the ringing in your ear), or do you suffer from dizziness?
what is your health problem?

Fuzzy
 
ismi said:
Except that it is a factor in the success rate. If we want to have an honest conversation about when implants work or don't work, and why, we need to acknowledge it when they fail. And for all intents and purposes, this is not a successful CI.

It's useful to distinguish *why* an implant failed, and say, X% failed because of ossification, Y% because of this, Z% because of that. But included in that is that there will be some percentage of users whose bodies are unable for some reason to tolerate the implant. My guess is that this sort of failure is extremely rare - implants are made out of silicon and titanium specifically because those two materials are almost never bioreactive - but I suppose it *can* happen, and it needs to be acknowledged.

In the end, any medical procedure carries a risk of failure. I think CIs in general have demonstrated an acceptable success rate (my opinion, anyway), and that the rewards are sufficient to justify the risk of a non-working implant for many people. But that doesn't mean there's a 100% success rate, and that's to be expected with any medical procedure or body augmentation.
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:gpost:
 
Audiofuzzy said:
No one thinks you are lying :)

What is "the funny" inside your head? do you have headaches? do you have compulsive -obsessive disorder? do you have tinnitus (the ringing in your ear), or do you suffer from dizziness?
what is your health problem?

Fuzzy
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He has explained the symptoms in various other threads.
 
Okay, do you know the title of other threads so I can look it up?

Fuzzy
 
Click on Smithr's name and you should be able to find his threads.
 
Click on Smithr's name and you should be able to find his threads.
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That was the first thing I did but it's kinda hard to understand the posts..
The best I came up was ringing in the ears and dizziness. also something about "feeling depression", and "no more complusivery disorder".
What's "complusivery disorder? does he mean compulsive - obsessive disorder?
and - headache.
That's about all I could find.

Fuzzy
 
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