Is this true about CIs

shel90 said:
That's great...it must be either false rumors or the school must be concerned for liability reasons. My friend still hasnt gotten back to me about why the school is changing the football team to a soccer team and if CIs are the real reason or there are other reasons involved?
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Could be? :dunno:

I know for a long time ago about limited for diver which I know from my friends who are diver and decided for HA after get answer from doctors doctor until I read DeafSUBA80's post... It could be that his CI theloglogy is much better than old one? :dunno:


It's same with plane as well. They must go to Audioist to level their CI when they use plane... that's what I know from my friends who consider to be CI herself and decided to stay HA.

It's great to know that CI users can do anything with sports like HA users...
 
Angel said:
How lovely :ugh3:, no one is spreading false information here you just didn't read carefully....
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I was like :confused: and really has no idea what earth Rick48 talk about... We have no reason to make false information or whatever but share our knowledge and our experiences... :dunno:
 
rick48 said:
Funny, ci kids are called robots and guinea pigs and their parents are accused of not caring about them, but that evokes no righteous indignation from you or any rebuke of the poster. Guess in your book respect only goes one way.
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Hey, you ! It was ME said that in other thread, not Angel. Of course, in MY VIEW it is a guinea pig to me. I despised a knife cuttin' up on a baby's head for CI. A baby is soo brand new to this world and for the hearin' parents to allow a doctor to cut up like that tooo soon without checkin' out all the informations from the both sides first ? :ugh: Don't you dare to evoke baby's rights.
 
Maria said:
Hey, you ! It was ME said that in other thread, not Angel. Of course, in MY VIEW it is a guinea pig to me. I despised a knife cuttin' up on a baby's head for CI. A baby is soo brand new to this world and for the hearin' parents to allow a doctor to cut up like that tooo soon without checkin' out all the informations from the both sides first ? :ugh: Don't you dare to evoke baby's rights.
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Don't you dare to evoke baby's rights? I love that one! :D
 
Maria said:
Hey, you ! It was ME said that in other thread, not Angel. Of course, in MY VIEW it is a guinea pig to me. I despised a knife cuttin' up on a baby's head for CI. A baby is soo brand new to this world and for the hearin' parents to allow a doctor to cut up like that tooo soon without checkin' out all the informations from the both sides first ? :ugh: Don't you dare to evoke baby's rights.
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I am glad that you said this to Rick48.

Yes I know it's you who stated in your thread in the past but Rick48 should not accused anyone that's because of your one post...

This is a false statement, Rick48 made toward us which he should direct to you himself instead of make a false to blame anyone.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
I am glad that you said this to Rick48.

Yes I know it's you who stated in your thread in the past but Rick48 should not accused anyone that's because of your one post...

This is a false statement, Rick48 made toward us which he should direct to you himself instead of make a false to blame anyone.
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I guess, Rick48 is senile ! :roll:
 
Maria said:
Hey, you ! It was ME said that in other thread, not Angel. Of course, in MY VIEW it is a guinea pig to me. I despised a knife cuttin' up on a baby's head for CI. A baby is soo brand new to this world and for the hearin' parents to allow a doctor to cut up like that tooo soon without checkin' out all the informations from the both sides first ? :ugh: Don't you dare to evoke baby's rights.
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yes excactly, it considers - there is no medical emergency. I did try to educational the parents but they listen to the professional doctors. Their Deaf children didn't use their CI when they turn teenagers and become very angry with their parents due to not acceptable for who they are.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
I was like :confused: and really has no idea what earth Rick48 talk about... We have no reason to make false information or whatever but share our knowledge and our experiences... :dunno:
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Yeah I know, sometimes I wonder what happened to agree to disagree instead of throwing a temper tantrum?...:dunno:
 
Could you please elaborate on the statement below? I don't know of any warnings our clinic provides CI patients regarding plane flights, and we don't have any special appointments with audiologists for our CI patients for either before or after plane flights. The only warnings we provide patients about plane travel is if they have issues with fluid in their middle ear space or enlarged vestibular aqueducts. Now either of those conditions CAN occur concurrently with CI users, but they have nothing to do with the CI itself

Sheri

Liebling:-))) said:
Could be? :dunno:
It's same with plane as well. They must go to Audioist to level their CI when they use plane... that's what I know from my friends who consider to be CI herself and decided to stay HA.
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Liebling:-))) said:
It's same with plane as well. They must go to Audioist to level their CI when they use plane... that's what I know from my friends who consider to be CI herself and decided to stay HA.
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Errmm...that is totally new to me. Since recieving my implant over 3 years ago, I must have flown about 20 times and I never went to my audiologist, not even once. I simply told the security guards that I have a CI and that was about it.
 
shel90 said:
Dont want to start false info or whatever but I want to ask you if this is true or not before starting this discussion.

My friend who lives in another state told me that one Deaf school there wont have a traditional football team anymore in 5 years so the athletic director is making plans to change it to soccer. I was like why? My friend said cuz of more deaf children with CIs and that they are not allowed to play football. At that school, about 95% of the current elementary age boys have CIs so when they reach high school, there wont be enough boys for a football team.

Is that true that children with CIs cant play football?
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I don't know if that is true or not but if it is, then I would say they probably can't play soccer for the same reasons. Most of the time I think you can play but you just shouldn't wear the processor so it won't get damaged. Anyone please correct me if I am wrong.

I did find this on the internet.

Source: Cochlear Implants and Sports

Physical Activity with a Cochlear Implant
One of the biggest myths about cochlear implants is that if you have an implant, you can not do certain things such as swim or play football. A typical question asked by an About visitor:
"I recently heard that CI's limit athletic and amusement participation in receipients (ie. scuba diving, contact sports, riding roller coasters.). Curious, if this is true, if medical professionals in support of CI's include that information to prospective recipients. How much "normal" children's activity is limited by the CI?"
Parents of Implantees on Sports
A similar question was asked on the forum by Phonac, who was concerned that if her daughter received a cochlear implant she would not be able to cheerlead. In response, throw3, wrote:
"I have one child, a son, who is hearing impaired,and has the C.I. His E.N.T. (Ear, Nose & Throat) doctor who did the surgery told me that there are only several activities a person with a C.I. can't do and they are:wrestling, kickboxing, and scrubdiving[sp]. With any other sport that might have the chance of the child hitting their head, you just have to be careful and if needed, have the child wear protective gear[such as a helmet, with the external part of the CI removed]. The child doesn't have to quit doing sports because they have a C.I."
Other contact sports that should be avoided due to the strong likelihood of injury to the head, are rugby and ice hockey.
Another parent, 4my2kids, wrote:

"My son also has C.I. since he was 28 months old, doing great as well. He has participated in baseball and was a back catcher on one of his baseball teams...
I had a friend in high school who had a C.I. He played football on the varsity team. He would take off his device when he played then when the game was over, he put his device back on."

Swimming and Scuba Diving with an Implant
Implantees can swim, as long as they take off the external part of the implant. As for scuba diving, according to Cochlear's website implantees CAN scuba dive, but should check with a medical professional before scuba diving. Cochlear's implants can "withstand pressure at a depth of 25 meters (82 feet) underwater."
Playgrounds and Implants
For younger children, it may be necessary to be cautious around playgrounds and trampolines. The plastic in playground equipment can create electrostatic discharge that will interfere with the mapping of a speech processor. To avoid this risk, the implantee should simply remove the external parts of the implant.
Exercise Equipment and Implants
Treadmills can be used, but the implantee must make sure the treadmill is in place properly in order to avoid an electric static shock. Removing the external part of the implant before using the treadmill will eliminate the risk.
For those activities that require an implantee to remove the external part of the implant, this means that the implantee will not hear while doing these activities. Sign language and/or an interpreter will help to fill in the gap.
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Rockdrummer:

As a matter of fact, my audie told me that soccer was more of a concern than football!!! That's what I was told at least, so it's funny that a school would change from football to soccer . But as someone said, with insurance, the school figures the liablity is greater with football than soccer...sounds like they didn't consult the right people............ ( I am only assuming this)
 
Liebling,

I've flown frequently with my CIs and also to UK and back from Australia, which was 23 hours of flying each way. It would be good if you could provide some more information about what you said because I'd like to know if I'm putting my health at risk. Neither my surgeon or the CI manufacturer have mentioned flying as a contraindication.

It would be cool though if next time I could have an excuse to travel to the UK overland. The Trans Siberian Railway appeals!
 
Gemma said:
Errmm...that is totally new to me. Since recieving my implant over 3 years ago, I must have flown about 20 times and I never went to my audiologist, not even once. I simply told the security guards that I have a CI and that was about it.
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I've flown a few times since implant, and haven't even told security that much. LOL
 
That´s what I know from my friend. It was happend at around 10 or 12 years ago. She questioned doctor and make sure there´re cons/pros until she decided to stay HA... It could be that the model of CI improves than old one? :dunno:
 
Could it actually be because of the # of enrollments is going down?

See, I attended the state school for the Daef in my state for 2 yrs & they didn't have a football team but it is simply because the school I attended only had an erollment of about 120 kids from age 2 to 26 as we had about 10 kids in the CIP program, which is continuing education after graduating HS.

I can't remember at the moment if my state school for the deaf ever had a footbal team, I would imagine they used to back when the school had an enrollment of 500+. But during my time there and currently, instead of football, they have a soccer team. I think every year MSD plays against OSD for our homecoming.

But as for CI's and sports? As far as I know, CI'ers should avoid hard contact sport - but many still go ahead and play as long as they wear helments to protect their head/CI area from possibile injujries.

I hope this somewhat helps answers your question, Shel90.

Also, some CI'ers would choose to have the ability of being able to hear rather than playing football, sure they miss out a lil but there's always other stuff to do instead, right?
 
deafmama78 said:
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But as for CI's and sports? As far as I know, CI'ers should avoid hard contact sport - but many still go ahead and play as long as they wear helments to protect their head/CI area from possibile injujries.

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Also, some CI'ers would choose to have the ability of being able to hear rather than playing football, sure they miss out a lil but there's always other stuff to do instead, right?
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Yep! It is all about tradeoffs in life. Some people will continue doing riskier behaviors knowing full well the consequences (or at least they are supposed to...) ;) And others decide that hearing is more important than some sports that involve risk.

I know for myself, I'm more conscientious about what activities I do unless I mitigate (reduce) the risks.
 
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