New total invisible hearing implant?

[Boult]

Yes, Boult, I know that. That is why I said hair CELLS (plural) are (verb for the plural) called cillia (plural).

geee. you don't read it at all.. . it is spelled with ONE 'L"

Cilium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


I was trying to say one "l" and it is "cilia" as plural and "cilium" as singular (I know you intended it to be plural) but you still spelled with 2 "L" duh!

 

[LTHFAdvocate]

It looks just as invasive as a cochlear implant (thus the risk of meningitis is probably about the same). Plus it runs on a battery.. that means every 4 to 5 years they have to cut your head open again to replace the battery. I don't like the sound of that.

I don't really think this is good or bad, I think the audience for this device is more narrow, as it requires both a working eardrum and a working cochlea. For some people though this would be better than a cochlear implant and for those who qualify for such a device, should provide a much more natural hearing experience.

People who have lost their hearing due to head trauma or bone disease like osteoporosis would be the most likely candidates I think.

AFAIK, the risk of meningitis from CIs are from two primary sources: 1) people with malformed cochleas (regardless of whether or not they have CIs) are at a higher risk of meningitis due to the malformation, and 2) penetration of the dura during implant surgery. Since the Envoy isn't placed anywhere near the dura, and people who qualify audiologically for the Envoy won't likely have cochlear malformations (which would make their losses more profound) the chances of the Envoy causing meningitis should not be significant.

And I presume you mean otosclerosis, not osteoporosis . . .

Sheri

 

[R2D2]

AFAIK, the risk of meningitis from CIs are from two primary sources: 1) people with malformed cochleas (regardless of whether or not they have CIs) are at a higher risk of meningitis due to the malformation,

Yes. I was reading a study yesterday that stated that children with hearing losses (that is all deaf children) are 5 times more risk of developing meniningtis than the normally hearing population. Hearing loss may raise risk of meningitis in kids - xenoMED

We should be encouraging all parents to get their children vaccinated, whether they have a CI or not.

 

[mlb 10th inning]

The cochlear implant companies are late. In 2012, No Invisible CI at all. There's the Totally Implantable Envoy, Carina, Lyrics et cetera.


I'll explain how it works in the audiologist's office.


Patient A walks into the audiologist's office...

Audiologist: The audiogram paper shows that you have mild hearing loss.

Patient A: Oh. Can I get the invisible Lyrics?

Audiologist: Great idea!


Patient B walks into the audiologist's office...

Audiologist: The audiogram paper shows that you have moderate to severe hearing loss.

Patient: Oh, I see. Can I get the Totally Implantable Envoy?

Audiologist: Absolutely!!


Patient C walks into the audiologist's office...

Audiologist: The audiogram paper shows that you have profound hearing loss.

Patient C: Oh, I see. Can I get the Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant?

Audiologist: No. Too bad!

 

[mlb 10th inning]

In 2007​

Found topic in Popular Science about Envoy device for sensorineural hearing loss. I might think it is not for deaf benefit. It is for some old people or who have sensorineural problem. Just got this from magazine. I wish that would have invisible CI technology in future.

From the Future in 2012....

No invisible CI at all, still. It's pathetic!



Sorry... but I just had to tell on the cochlear implant companies. I'm a cochlear implant user who's been waiting for decades and centuries for the Invisible CI. It's 2012. Nothing at all!


The ultimate question: Are the cochlear implant companies willing to wear their own B-T-E products? Then they better make the device invisible! or I'll make them wear it too.

 

[kokonut]

 

[green427]

Cyborg: Are you one of those people that are embarrassed to be seen with BTE's?

 

[mlb 10th inning]

I think that the Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant will be commercially available in a year in Australia... in April 2013. (Maybe May 2013 at the latest)


Sources: Professional articles published in mid 2011 about the Totally Implantable C.I.

 

[mlb 10th inning]

Cyborg: Are you one of those people that are embarrassed to be seen with BTE's?

Thanks for asking. I notice that a lot of hearing impaired individuals with mild to severe hearing loss are always interested in I-T-E hearing aids/Lyrics/Envoy etc. The cochlear implant companies really need to widen their products and give more options to the profoundly deaf. The Hearing aids market is a big market with unlimited options. The cochlear implant companies only offer three choices... 1) Cochlear, 2) Med-el, or 3)Advanced Bionics and absolutely zero invisible options.

My prediction is that the Totally Implantable C.I. will be commercially approved in Australia in less than a year.


Believe me, I've waited long enough. It's about time.

 

[green427]

I know that I'm extraordinarily cranky right now (and I apologize), because I have no access to hearing right now. The laundry broke the cochlear implant. I blame it on the lack of Totally Implantable C.I. The thousands of inconveniences that come with B-T-Es always changing those little fiddle batteries always removing the CI before entering the water zone always snooping for the CI in the outfield after running the 60 yard dash always worrying about humidity damaging the C.I.'s processor (degraded sound quality) always worrying about the C.I. scientists taking it easy in the air-conditioning booth instead of focusing on the Invisible technology It's 2012 I DO NOT have the time for this anymore HURRY UP cochlear implant companies or I'm going to declare war. I'm going to start and build my own cochlear implant company from scratch and get the Invisible technology into the market in the first month.

Wow...your expectations are way too high, get back down here with the rest of us.

You are deaf, accept it. Embrace it. There is no getting around it. You should consider yourself lucky if your hearing sports teams even let you play, not many deaf people get the same opportunity.

You should be thankful that such technology exists to help you hear, even if it is a minor inconvenience. There is a reason these CI companies are dragging their feet....it costs a lot of money just to research new devices, and they need to prove it works before marketing anything. Did you help to pay for the research? If not, then you have no say in how fast they should get a product out the door. If you paid $10 million upfront, then you have every right to complain about the slow progress.

I have two CI's, and I don't wear them when I do extreme physical work...just like many of us.

 

[mlb 10th inning]

I apologize for hollering like that. I am thankful that the C.I. technology exists, and the C.I. scientists did put a lot of work and effort into inventing it. They've done a good job.


Again, I entirely apologize. I came out of a 14 hour shift with two hours of sleep when I wrote all of that.


Yes, I am frustrated that the Invisible C.I. doesn't exist. But, I shouldn't have snapped like that.


I need to do more breathing exercises. LOL

 

[green427]

I apologize for hollering like that. I am thankful that the C.I. technology exists, and the C.I. scientists did put a lot of work and effort into inventing it. They've done a good job.


Again, I entirely apologize. I came out of a 14 hour shift with two hours of sleep when I wrote all of that.


Yes, I am frustrated that the Invisible C.I. doesn't exist. But, I shouldn't have snapped like that.


I need to do more breathing exercises. LOL

No problem...understood.

We all experience a great deal of anxiety trying to fit in this hearing world. There is only so much we can do.