Thread: Son of Derby Winner Jockey Has Bilateral CI's
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Old 05-04-2008, 10:18 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LuciaDisturbed View Post
Erm, I don't think CI would cure or prevent blindness.

Sounds like someone forgot to take her Zyprexa today.
Maybe she means that if a deaf person were to go blind in the future that having a CI to enhance one of the other senses (hearing) would be useful to overall function?
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