Is this true about CIs

Angel said:
What do you mean how many CI users got in trouble?...
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By, "got in trouble", I am sure he means got hurt, etc....and would like to see statistics on this if there are any.
 
highlands said:
:hmm:

Let's assume there are 1000 CI users...

how many of them got in trouble directly because of a sportive activity like football ?
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You mean as IF their internal parts got damaged as the result of playing football?...

Just wanted to double-check to be sure I understood you clearly....
 
Tousi said:
By, "got in trouble", I am sure he means got hurt, etc....and would like to see statistics on this if there are any.
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That's what I thought at first but wasn't positive sure, Thank you....
 
highlands said:
:hmm:

Let's assume there are 1000 CI users...

how many of them got in trouble directly because of a sportive activity like football ?
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I understand basketball would cause a greater concern than football because of no head protection.
 
Angel said:
You mean as IF their internal parts got damaged as the result of playing football?...

Just wanted to double-check to be sure I understood you clearly....
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yes, internal parts.. it means permanent damage
 
Tousi said:
I understand basketball would cause a greater concern than football because of no head protection.
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yes... but I don't think there is very high risks .. I can be wrong.. but I am sure CI manufacturers consider those risks when designing implant,magnet and external parts before releasing to the public.
 
Actually, with CI you can play allmost any sport.
If you are worried for a bean-ball, you should not let any child play. And even so.... they have helmets - right.
Lotte rides the bike - with a helmet. (As do our other kids.)

It's such a rediculous argument.
Let's not give the child the ability to hear, because it might not be able to do certain sports..
Rubbish.....

A child with CI can do anything - and hear.!!!
 
Angel said:
Will the internal part caused physical damage to the brain? *curious*
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No! The implant is sitting on the outside of the skull with an electrode into the cochlea. The brain is nowhere near harms way. At worst case scenario, the implant that sits on the skull moves around but it is always outside the skull. Also, the electrode could possibly move and damage the cochlea I suppose.
 
sr171soars said:
No! The implant is sitting on the outside of the skull with an electrode into the cochlea. The brain is nowhere near harms way. At worst case scenario, the implant that sits on the skull moves around but it is always outside the skull. Also, the electrode could possibly move and damage the cochlea I suppose.
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Got it, Thanks for answering my question :)
 
And I suppose the fact that the implants getting smaller and smaller all the time helps improve the chances of taking a direct hit?
 
Lots of CI wearers are very active and sporty :) I've seen so many stories over the past couple of years about young deaf people who have done well in sports but who also happen to wear a CI. They might have to be careful about contact sports but even with those there are options such as the use of helmets. I have a friend with bilateral CIs who plays deaf Oztag, which is a popular contact sport here in Australia. I think she just takes off the external speech processors and it's not really a big deal.

I understand that some families might be very big in AFL but really, adaptions can be made. After all, for example, if a deaf person was born in to a very strong military family but could not join the military then it's not the end of the world. That deaf person can still have a very fulfilling life by pursuing another path in their life. The same mindset can be adopted for every problem in life, where it's not apparent where people can have their first choice.

I think that if people think positive, then it's surprising at how much can be done and achieved. However, by focussing on the negatives, one can only see the problems.
 
Cloggy said:
Actually, with CI you can play allmost any sport.
If you are worried for a bean-ball, you should not let any child play. And even so.... they have helmets - right.
Lotte rides the bike - with a helmet. (As do our other kids.)

It's such a rediculous argument.
Let's not give the child the ability to hear, because it might not be able to do certain sports..
Rubbish.....

A child with CI can do anything - and hear.!!!
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It was brought up by me asking everyone if that is true or not and if so, then can discuss about special safety gear but I see that many of u answered my question. Thank you.

However, u keep saying can "hear" over and over in many threads. This wasnt about being able to hear or not..just about if it is true or not if children with CIs cant play football and would be interesting to see Deaf schools not have football teams anymore. Nothing to do about one's ability to hear. Deaf people without CIs can do anything too so your point of bringing that up was?
 
Shel,

I think he was doing a take on the expression "a deaf child can do anything, except hear." I guess he was doing this in response to the suggestion that children with CIs cannot play sport.

Cloggy can correct me if I was wrong, but that's how I read it.
 
Sweetheart told me once that kids who have a CI cant play rough sports like football, boxing, wrestle, etc because they could cause them having problems and could hurt them worse because her friend told her abt that which she have a ci and special helemet for her to wearing for play soccer games

So it is prove that its true since she have a friend told her abt that before
 
sequoias said:
Sweetheart told me once that kids who have a CI cant play rough sports like football, boxing, wrestle, etc because they could cause them having problems and could hurt them worse because her friend told her abt that which she have a ci and special helemet for her to wearing for play soccer games

So it is prove that its true since she have a friend told her abt that before
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I wouldn't recommend boxing but for other sports a helmet can be worn :)

I recently got invited to play netball with a group of girlfriends of mine. I don't think you have netball in the US, it's a girl version of basketball but with a lot more rules LOL! So I might check out some protective head gear.
 
R2D2 said:
Shel,

I think he was doing a take on the expression "a deaf child can do anything, except hear." I guess he was doing this in response to the suggestion that children with CIs cannot play sport.

Cloggy can correct me if I was wrong, but that's how I read it.
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OHHH that quote from Jordan? I got it. Thanks cuz I was puzzled to why that was brought up. Now it makes sense! Thanks!
 
yeah she said "special" helmet so that means it's not the same as a normal helmet they wear for sports, I guess.
 
"non CI? with about more than half of deaf kids being implanted these days?"


Are 50+% of deaf people profoundly deaf and eligible for a CI? I would think that the numbers of mild, moderate, and severe hearing losses make up a bigger percentage of the deaf? I've never heard the actual breakdown, and that's interesting to know if it is true.

It would seem to me that if this many children are getting implants, the deaf schools would have more to worry about than having enough players for a football team, since a lot of these implanted children would be in mainstream or TC school settings, and not necessarily in the deaf schools. And if they aren't in the deaf schools that's fewer students in the classes...
 
MomToDeafChild said:
"non CI? with about more than half of deaf kids being implanted these days?"


Are 50+% of deaf people profoundly deaf and eligible for a CI? I would think that the numbers of mild, moderate, and severe hearing losses make up a bigger percentage of the deaf? I've never heard the actual breakdown, and that's interesting to know if it is true.

It would seem to me that if this many children are getting implants, the deaf schools would have more to worry about than having enough players for a football team, since a lot of these implanted children would be in mainstream or TC school settings, and not necessarily in the deaf schools. And if they aren't in the deaf schools that's fewer students in the classes...
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Why wouldnt children with CIs go to Deaf schools?
 
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