No I'm not interested in stem cells. I just thought that with the number of posts about them, that there would be some interest in an article in a small paper that most people would not get to review. I assumed that people would check it out on thier own and draw thier own conclusions. Which some did.
I checked that article out, but still am getting stem cells outside America. May I ask why you aren't interested? Is it due to cost? To be honest, if my hearing was as good as yours, I would wait for stem cells to become much cheaper. At your age, do you ever plan to get stem cells or just be happy with your rather good hearing with powerful HAs?
I have been evaluated every year for the last four years, and have been on the borderline every year. As I am on the goverment dole, I can't afford the operation. I have to wait for Medicare approval. With these new HA's it doesn't look like there is a snowball's chance in S. Texas of that happening.
I wonder how many got CI without trying the best HAs which would have given them hearing similar to a CI anyway! What do you mean by "borderline?" FDA requirements are a maximum of 20% monosyllabic words and 50% sentence. You score twice the maximum. I don't want a CI even for "free" as it's not really free as ill be paying for it by forfieting(give up) my residual hearing and missing out on stem cells.
My Speech Discrimination Tested 40 - 41% unaided. Aided it is 67%. I don't know what the tests were called, but took several hours in the isolation booth. At this point I'm not realy interested in CI.
If you have scans of your audiograms and speech tests, I can interpret them for you. I do know that unaided speech discrimination tests are usually monosyllabic words. You score
without HAs at twice the FDA limit for CI. If that 67% aided is monosyllabic words(and not sentences), you are hearing
better than the majority with CI!(as ive proven in other threads and in my blog) CI would not help you at all. What made you interested in CI anyway in the past and were you told that better HAs would help big time? Only stem cells would likley help(no risk other than cost) if you ever decide on this. I am getting stem cells soon and would be delighted if I could have hearing as good as yours!
Where the HECK do you get THAT? We're simply saying that it's far too soon to tell anything about embryonic stem cells.
This is why im listening to stem cell labs instead of you. They are the experts and know way more about stem cells than even me. No offense but I suggest you research stem cells. Youll know that
embryonic stem cells are never used, only adult(and cord blood) stem cells. If you research on Google, youll understand what adult(and cord blood) stem cells can do NOW and why people like me are interested. Theres alot of myths floating around on stem cells, I am getting tired of arguing when you guys refuse to believe the facts. I will just say that you will see for yourself in due time what I see today.
Pushing the limit: Alexandria native Humphries fights through MS to play in tourney?
Stem cells improved his MS(saved his life) and hearing(25db better) this is just one of thousands of examples. Again, anyone who cares(frankly, some don't) to see the evidence for themselves only needs to Google this up. No further discussion about stem cells to anyone unless they have done their research first and learned the facts.
In February, Humphries underwent another experimental stem cell treatment to regrow inner ear nerve hairs. It not only improved his hearing but helped him tolerate heat, which can be a problem for people with MS.
