Cochlear Implant myths?

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What are some common myths concerning Cochlear Implants?

Here's a few that I have heard.

1. Need to go to an implant center to be implanted
2. Make you hearing.
 
1: implant center as any hospitable that allows implant surgeries
2. it works, for some people, it may not work.
 
Myth: having an implant is more cost effective than using hearing aids.
 
Myth: Cochlear implants give people the ability to see through the walls.
 
bbaseballboy123 said:
1: implant center as any hospitable that allows implant surgeries
2. it works, for some people, it may not work.
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Any otolaryngology, neurosurgeon, neurolaryngology, etc.. can implant a deaf person. It does have to be specifically a hospital, CI center, or even a surgeon from one of those places.
 
Right-seeing through solid walls- only in one's imagination. Has nothing to do with vision.
Question for Banjo: would a Cochlear Implant helps the "blind see"?

Implanted A B Harmony activated Aug/07
 
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drphil said:
Right-seeing trough walls- only in one's imagination. Has nothing to do with vision.
Question for Banjo: would an Implant helps the "blind see"?

Implanted A B Harmony activated Aug/07
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They have one now that does.
 
drphil said:
Right-seeing trough walls- only in one's imagination. Has nothing to do with vision.
Question for Banjo: would an Implant helps the "blind see"?

Implanted A B Harmony activated Aug/07
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A cochlear implant wouldn't....but a corneal implant would.
 
2. it works, for some people, it may not work
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. To expand on this......the benifit varies. A lot of people get hoh benifit, but there are also many people who receive varying benifit from increased enviromental sound perception to an increase in word perception and so on.
 
myths:
cochlear implant processor's batteries last 16-24 hours. Truth: depends on person and amount of power

AB is a bad company now because of their recent recall implant issue. Truth: They are still the leading implant company, and offer very good implants now

Mappings are constant. Truth: map are as often as you would like them to be. Imo, should be 6 months, but for some people, it can be 2 years

Implant surgery is major. Truth: its not as big as you think it is, just a drill in the skill and thats basically it.

The implant can give you a virus. Truth: everything is sterized and you are given a shot to provent serious desiese for having an implant.
 
I don't think those shots actually protect from viral meningitis.
 
Myth: All deaf people love the constant CI journeys posted on the Internet
 
bbaseballboy123 said:
As long as you do yearly check with your doc and take required shots, your pretty much set. It is not that much of a myth, but something that scares people.
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This link said the vaccine shots are 85% effective against certain strains of bacteria but doesn't do anything for viral meningitis (Like Bott said).
Meningitis
 
Studies have not linked cochlear implants with an increased risk of VIRAL meningitis, but rather bacterial meningitis, associated with acute otitis media. The increased risk is considered small, and greatly reduced by an effective vaccine.
 
They can conduct lightning into your brain during a thunder storm. Presume that is a myth, in as much as pretty well anything can conduct lightning if you are unlucky. I've heard that static can undo the map in some (not sure if current processors are still affected) but people take it too far and presume that it must make your head explode if you do any of the things on the "avoid" list.

If you listen to the processor with a headphone set you can "hear what she hears".
 
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