I ran into a girlfriend over the weekend and she was telling me that her husband plans to sue the CI corporation where she got her CI from.
I was flabbergasted - her husband is hearing and is very angry that his wife is not "cured" and that she still has to read lips and that she still cannot hear him calling out to her from another room, etc. She has had it for 3 years and it did not help her much in sound/voice recognition. I told her all these years that she has to be patient and keep practicing. You just dont get it and bingo you are cured! (by the way she was 47 when she got it - thus she missed out on the window opportunity)
This is an example of how SOME hearing people think that CI is a cure. He was expecting his wife to be 100 percent cured but that wasnt the case so he is going to sue.
I know that he will not win the case but I am more concerned about the myths/false information. This is destroying her marriage as he refuses to accept her deafness even though they have been married over 20 years. She was hard of hearing when they first married and her hearing gradually deterioated over the years so her hubby was expecting her to return to what she was before.
I know that my family did expect to see a miracle when I first got my CI three years ago but they quickly came to realization that it is just a tool - they do notice that I have improved my lipreading skills but I still dont recognize sounds/voices quickly. As time goes by, I pick up more and more recognition but apparently it is not working for my friend.
Hence, CI works differently for each individual but it is sad that her husband will not accept it even after forcing her to get it reimplanted, thinking that the processor was defective.
I was flabbergasted - her husband is hearing and is very angry that his wife is not "cured" and that she still has to read lips and that she still cannot hear him calling out to her from another room, etc. She has had it for 3 years and it did not help her much in sound/voice recognition. I told her all these years that she has to be patient and keep practicing. You just dont get it and bingo you are cured! (by the way she was 47 when she got it - thus she missed out on the window opportunity)
This is an example of how SOME hearing people think that CI is a cure. He was expecting his wife to be 100 percent cured but that wasnt the case so he is going to sue.
I know that he will not win the case but I am more concerned about the myths/false information. This is destroying her marriage as he refuses to accept her deafness even though they have been married over 20 years. She was hard of hearing when they first married and her hearing gradually deterioated over the years so her hubby was expecting her to return to what she was before.
I know that my family did expect to see a miracle when I first got my CI three years ago but they quickly came to realization that it is just a tool - they do notice that I have improved my lipreading skills but I still dont recognize sounds/voices quickly. As time goes by, I pick up more and more recognition but apparently it is not working for my friend.
Hence, CI works differently for each individual but it is sad that her husband will not accept it even after forcing her to get it reimplanted, thinking that the processor was defective.