Recent content by Silencio

Sorry Sorry, no can do. Last time I tried my post was deleted, the site administrators assessed me something called an "infraction" for correcting a person directly and threatened to ban me from the site if I ever do it again. I thought I might try reaching out to Adam privately, but it...

Private Message not Email Adam, I can't give out my email address here because I don't want to be spammed, flamed, etc. Use this website's private message feature to contact me.

No apologies necessary Adam, unfortunately this site is infested with anti-CI trolls spreading all manner of misinformation. Personally, I've found posting on this site to be pretty much useless. I have a CI and have been through the hearing aid wars for 20+ years. PM me if you want to hear...

I would be interested in your background on this. Are you the parent of a deaf child? Do you work in the medical community or are you just someone that has in interest in the subject? I do not have a deaf child and I do not work in the "medical community." I am a late deafened adult and...

Thank you again, Kaitlin! Your second post popped up while I was typing my reply to your first one. These two studies are very recent and I would say they are really important information regarding informed consent to implant children. I agree that it is critcal that parents of deaf children...

Thank you, Kaitlin! These references are of at least some use in making an informed decision regarding CI implantation. The first and third reference are from 1990 and 1994 respectively, so I would suspect that the results might be somewhat different if the same studies were conducted today...

And in your medical file at the hospital or in the surgeon's office, there is no detailed document you signed (maybe without reading it fully) that discloses all the risks that were known at the time? You are certain about that?

Well, Cheri, I don't know if I can answer that. I became interested in a CI for myself about 5 years ago. That information or substantially similar information was available five years ago. All of it went into my decision to have the surgery. CI is, in the larger scheme of things, a...

One more chance, Jillio. What is the big picture? What are these facts the medical community is hiding from CI candidates? I am sorry you feel insulted by my questions. You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts and so far you haven't posted fact one.

I am sure it would be quite an undertaking; however, in this thread people are being told that they are not being adequately informed of the risks involved in CI surgery, that they don't know enough to make an informed decision and the implication is that people are making the wrong decision on...

Every one of the web references in my post list multiple possible negative consequences of CI surgery. The first two are from the FDA, which I assume would qualify as a "regulated objective source." I get the impression that you do not trust information provided by a surgeon or hospital, by...