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purplewowies · 09-19-2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by aqouze

Hello

, i need help on fiction story and i cannot find much case/example on CI practise. May be some people here, can help me with link to article/site or some knowledge to my charactor.
in my story there is 2deafblind girls(both deafblind since birth)
first girl is not totally deaf, just profoundly loss, but her hearing cannot be any used at all in speech. she received her CI at 13 and my curious is,

1. I don't know how long i should adjust for her to practise till she can use her speech efficiently. (she turn it on most of the time and giving hard practise).
2. how long she will be skipping school for CI operation. 1week? 2weeks? 1month?
3. will she be able to hear it like normal hearing person with CI.
4. if answer to question 3 is "no" and if she received the CI since birth, will she be able to hear like normal hearing person?
5. if answer to question 3 and 4 is "no", for a person who has hearing and speech but lost it later. will they be able to hear it like normal hearing person with CI?
6. if answer to question 3 and 4 and 5 is "no", if the technology improves, will that be possible or still difficult to achieve to that level.

my second girl is totally deaf-blind(also 13 years old) but her hearing nerve in brain still intact. there is a technology that voice can be sent directly to brain as brain wave in my story and she can hear with that thing. (it's fictional story)

i don't want her to receive CI but i have no clue which medical condition i should have for her as excuse. i try to search but cannot find case where teen cannot get CI, so...

7. Is there any case where teen cannot have operation?/cochlear implant?

Thank you all...!, really appreciated all reply here. i cannot find case about hearing development after get the CI for teen and don't know where else to ask. ( i've been reading here for a while and got a lot of useful info )

if too many to answer, just a link to article or where to find it also a great help.
ps. if my question offense someone please tell me

i still new to this forum.

Thank a lot!

I'll answer the questions I know:

1. Dunno.
2. Dunno.
3. She may be able to hear at the same decibel levels as a hearing person, but the sound won't be the same as a hearing person hears because a CI can't replicate the thousands upon thousands of hair cells within a normally functioning cochlea. And it doesn't mean she understands what she's hearing.
4. See 3. Though typically, you can't get a CI at birth.
5. See 3.
6. Dunno.
7. Structural abnormalities (i.e. no cochlea), not enough hearing loss, culturally Deaf and plain don't want the thing... the list goes on

Though in the case of the last one, that person would probably not want the fictional technology in your story either.

One question for you though: Are you writing this online (i.e. on a website like fictionpress.com), or are you writing a full-fledged book that you hope to get published? I ask because I write fanfiction and I love mentoring and helping out writers.

Either way, I commend you for looking for information instead of just writing about a subject you don't know diddly about. (I know I've made that mistake.)