Myth 28: If you have cochlear implants you can’t be resuscitated with defibrillators
There are certainly risks for users of cochlear implants being resuscitated with a defibrillator. However the defibrillator devices are designed to pass current from one paddle via the heart to the other paddle. Therefore the current should not pass through the head. Cochlear implant users have been defibrillated with no damage to their implants.
Interesting. I had to google it up. I didnt read all of it but find something.
http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/con...&CACHEID=d3038166-41c8-467d-b2db-97d350ff4883
I better let my hub know about it.
Thank you for the link with PDF. I copied the link and pasted into Ci group of link.
The CI member said Honestly that pdf is just all the things that COULD POSSIBLY go wrong, as Cochlear needs to cover all the bases. Reality is that most of us use our processors every day, all day, in hot and cold, rain and shine, through airport security and all though the flight ... We run, play, jump, hike, hang upside down ... We LIVE! Sometimes they malfunction because they are, after all, human-made machines. Certainly we shouldn't plop ourselves in an MRI. But other than that, why worry? So many people worry. I choose to enjoy the fact that I can HEAR and COMMUNICATE. Yes, it's stressful if / when it malfunctions, but I can't be worrying about that all the time. Happy Spring ... everyone enjoying the froggies making all their noise??
I thought you use ASL to communicate?
People worry because nobody wants their child to die. Do you worry about your child? If so, then you are one of those people you just complained about.
I thought you use ASL to communicate?
People worry because nobody wants their child to die. Do you worry about your child? If so, then you are one of those people you just complained about.
Why are you on this board if you don't use HA's or CI's???
Why are you on this board if you don't use HA's or CI's???
what seems to be problem for you that she is on this thread? She has every rights to be concerned for anyone who are able to communicate, ASL, then the rest of commuication methods that can add up.
Oh by the way, I use my HA too!
Myth 2: Cochlear implants cause deaths.
Cochlear implants have not caused any deaths according to the FDA.
There have been a very small number of deaths caused by secondary issues. Meningitis is the principal issue and this is now mitigated against by pre and post implantation vaccination. Other deaths have been from pre-existing issues exacerbated by the surgery.
As with any surgery there are risks. However the success rate for cochlear implants is spectacularly high.
Cochlear implantation has become a safe procedure-and, as result of refinements in devices and surgical techniques, complications are atypical. – ENT Today August 2007