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Exactly where did any of those of us who use CI's or have kids with CI's state anything about 100% success? I'm really curious. I concider mine to be a success and I only tested in the mid 80's. The thing is I got what I wanted from it. While there may be some idiots who get the Ci's...

I'm still wondering did this person ever get around to writing an article or was the blog explaining why she was going to write the article the only thing she ever wrote? Just wondering............

True but what was wanted in this case seemed to be the ability to hear music. That you would hear much more is to me pretty much a given. But if all a person who wanted music got was music then the CI was a success.

Ah you may be more trusting then I. Personally since I've seen to many differetnt studies in different areas not just hearing, be manipulated to meet whatever they study is supposed to say, I have to make my decisions based on which source I think may be more accurate. I don't rely on...

Well no, but you also are going through testing from an audiologist who knows about programming and such and they do inform you of what to expect from the device itself. My team was quite good at that and answered my questions. So one should not just relie on the surgeon.

I'm sure that like every other field that anyone can think of from medical to teaching to law to politics there are unethical people out there who take advantage of others. And in the medical field which is very much a field where the drs will get sued for any little thing that is beyond their...

Yes Eve I understand quite well what vertigo is, as I said my husband had it pretty bad this past spring, he still has occasional times when he gets dizzy. Lying under his corn planter was worse then standing up for him. My co workers sister went through a couple months where she actually got...

If the reason you wanted to persue a CI was to get better music perception then if you had gotten the implant and recieved only that benefit from it the implant would have been a success for you. It's as simple as that. If an indivicdual gets the benefit they were looking for the implant is a...

you could go to the web sites of Chochlear and AB and search for CI centers there. I know that Choclear does list surgeons and cities theyr'e from so I would think that would include CI centers.

One reason I got the CI is the HA's were so darn noisy. Noise in and of itself is not good. (for me :) ) It's probably one reason I did so poorly with the HA's. Louder was not better. I can honestly say that even at it's noisiest the CI has not bothered me in the same way as the HA's...

When I had my HA I actually had a hard time turning them up enough. I percieved them as to loud and turned them down because they really bothered me. I should have done much better with them, even according to my CI audiologist. (some people are like me and have difficulty using the HA for...

Has she actually written the article yet? All I read written by her was an explanation of why she was going to write an article and asking for peoples expericences. No article. If there is one can you post the link? thanks

How odd. Vertico was one of the side effects that was given to me prior to me making the decision. I knew I could have problems with balance. For me that would have meant giving up riding my own motorcycle. I took that risk because I wanted to hear more, I could always get a trike or ride...

Mine was really bad after the surgery. Then once the processor was turned on it wasn't as noticable. Now a year and a half later i'm not bothered but it at all for the most part. Before surgery I did have some but not all the time.

You know my percentages in the booth were around 90% after 3 months. But my comprehension out in the real world was much better. The only situations where I needed to have anyone repeat anything to me or rely heavily on lip reading were in noisy situations. I could follow and participate in...

I doubt you'll get forgein sign languages taught a second lanugage since it seem to be hard enough to get just plain ole ASL into the curriculum. I do know that the hs in the large city near me has had an asl class since before my oldest graduated in the mid ninties. In that class all the was...

My recolection is he said that when she was in her teens he signed her up for classes and she refused to take them at that time. She then decided to take the classes when she went to college.

He also said he signed her up for classes when she was a teen and she refused to go. so yes at that time she was not interested in ASL or deaf culture. Yes now in college she is learning sign but then my older daughters all took sign when they went off to college to. It happens, exactly how...

My guess would be that you wouldn't use it 24/7 because of energy needs and the battery would be under the skin and like a pacemaker battery would need to be changed surgically every few years, so shutting if off while sleeping would extend the life of the battery. Besides who wants to hear all...