BleedingPurist

If you have a severe to severe-profound loss, it is nothing but a crutch. It is a very limited tool at that point.

Deafness

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Babyblue

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A CI is limited as well. It does not work for everyone also. It is simply a tool like a hearing aid is.
I am glad CI helped you to function in daily life, just like I am glad that my hearing aids helps me to function in a hearing world.

Jiro

hi

what's going on here? I'm clueless. Is this some HA vs. CI?

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Frisky Feline

Go figure that you were born hearing. Of course..
who do you think you are. Do you do always tell people what to do or run peoples life. oh yes I suppose that ASL is pretty tough for you to learn.

I feel sorry for you about relying on the sound so totally when the device goes die. ASL don't die.

Frisky Feline

Ha, you said that you know that all too well. then you are so full of it.

BleedingPurist

Frisky.. why do you insist on trying to argue where there is none to be had? Point out what I said that was untrue. Do you realize how often you twist statements into insults are arguments where there is none?

I'm just fine. I do know sign language. If the device dies, I'll get another one. Thanks for your concern.

Frisky Feline

You are the one who were telling me that i hear too little when you do not know my hearing level. Now you tell me that i twist my statements with you and you are so full of it. Next time, don't tell people what to do, simple as that. Indeed Its pleasure to know that you know ASL.
by the way
good luck with paying the tons of $$ on CI.

Bottesini

Point out your untruth? Like saying a CI is not limited?? Even the most enthusiastic CI users who are honest say it has many limitations...

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Babyblue

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Bott you hit the nail on the head. .

naisho

Keep your thoughts to yourself if people don't agree with what is being suggested to them.

If I see more people responding angrily there will be action taken. Consider this a warning.

BleedingPurist

Compared to a hearing aid.

Frisky Feline

Bleeding, so you know ASL. Great. then what is your ASL level again??

Jiro

can we agree that both CI and HA have limitations? pros and cons? and that both will work fine for anybody?

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Babyblue

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Both are useful tools. Yes, both have it's limitations, and some prefer one tool over the other.

BleedingPurist

Fine by me.

Jiro

perfect! I'm glad we all have come to agreement and now we can move on.

pleasure doing business with you.... even though I have no idea who you are and what you're all about but I'll give ya a pair of sunglasses for free

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Babyblue

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Jiro, you are one hot mess.

Jiro

just chillin' and gellin'

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deafdyke

Sorry Bleeding Purist but Baby is right. Everyone's hearing loss responds to technology differently, and despite the popularity of CIs, there are STILL many people with "deaf" losses (including postlingal) who benifit significently from "just" HA. Heck that's the reason why there are CI'd kids who only get poor speech understanding or who only get enviromental sounds.

saywhatkid

So forget the HA; go full speed for the implant? Seriously?

saywhatkid

Exactly. Those people with new HAs sometimes need to relearn how to listen. The brain plays a role in hearing. Sometimes, people forget that aspect.

Cloggy

No

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Cloggy

Precisely. It's not magic. It takes work. Those people with new CI's need to relearn how to listen. The brain plays a role in hearing. Sometimes, people forget that aspect.

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BleedingPurist

No, that's not how it works. Everybody is required to do a trial with hearing aids to determine benefit, if they have not already been using one. The point is if you have been determined eligible insurance is not likely to stop you from getting it.

CreatedNat

I'm sorry, but I disagree with you. I have always had a severe loss, but my hearing aids were not a crutch for me, they allowed me to access the world around me and people who did not sign. I do not see how that is a crutch.

BleedingPurist

Yes, I'd have agreed with you, too. I was very apprehensive about getting my implant. The difference is so night and day it's almost funny. Perhaps the only way to understand my POV is when you have your own implant. At the same time, as I said before.. a prelingually deafened person may not be able to derive the same level of benefit. I also made very good use of my hearing aid, but letting it go and getting implanted was an amazing jump forward beyond any hearing aid I'd had.

Someone who has always only heard through hearing aids with a profound loss may be too attached to that level of hearing to adjust to the increased input. I do see that all the time with those situations.

saywhatkid

They might also prefer to not go under the knife, accepting the HA life. It happens all the time. There are virtually no health risks associated with HA use.

Bottesini

Sometimes you can get a nasty ear infection from the earmold!

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BleedingPurist

Indeed! I used get them at least one a year or more. I tried to keep the antibiotic drops on hand at all times. I haven't had an ear infection in over 6 years now.

BleedingPurist

Certainly possible! I developed a fear of surgery due to have numerous procedures following my first drop in hearing as a child. Those shots they gave you in your ass prior to gassing you really burned! I could hear the other kids screaming in the morning when they got theirs.

When I got my CI.. it was the first surgery since I was 10 years old. I was extremely tense while waiting to be wheeled in, so the anesthesiologist gave me something to help me relax. No shots in the ass, just an IV drip. It was much easier than what I experienced in the 80's.