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I'm still waiting for a totally implantable cochlear implant...

Im thinking that life would be a lot easier with a totally implantable cochlear implant. Hearing people are always giving me that evil audist look. First, it starts with a face expression, "I like you." As they put the pieces together that im deaf, their face starts becoming more sour...

I got this information from eHow Types There are two main types of cord blood banking: public and private. Public banks make cord blood available to any matching recipient and are usually free of cost to the donating family. However, they are often insufficiently funded and may not...

Okay. I'll give you that. I disagree on one small point. If the cord blood stem cells treament gets the profound deafness down to moderate (instead of normal hearing)... then the Totally Implantable Envoy could cure the moderate deafness, too. This is a better option for profoundly deaf...

Then the cochlear implant companies are not going to get destroyed overnight. The scientists got the cord blood stem cells curing deaf babies in Jan. 2012. Mid-2012 the totally implantable cochlear implant is behind schedule

No borrowing from the cord blood bank?

The cord blood stem cells treatment will cure profound deafness for all deaf people. It's going to be commercially approved in several years. This is going to happen way before the totally implantable cochlear implant.

And adults are not in the clinical trials first? I want to sign up for this.

12th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies Thursday, May 3, 2012 Scientific Session III Oral Abstracts 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Topic: Outcomes Title: Six Years of Experience with a Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant Author(s): Robert J...

I have a love-hate relationship with the CI.

I could travel to Europe to get the Totally Implantable Carina (commercially approved there). And, come back to the USA WITH the Totally Implantable Carina device inside my head. In the USA, they're still waiting for it. I'm saving hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Totally Implantable...

I'm not ranting. I'm just being a good citizen. I pay my taxes most of the time. :lol:

The Totally Implantable Carina is commercially approved in Europe- CE mark. I don't get it about the FDA. What is their problem? I had the CI since age two. I grew up with the magnet on my head my entire life. Around high school/college... I got REALLY frustrated with everything. I'm a...

faster!!!

Lol! You're not a paid spokesperson, by the way. :wave: CI companies, Hurry up!!! In fact, I found an interesting article. The Cochlear had a meeting on May 3rd, 2012. They announced that the Totally Implantable CI is still running in three patients after six years. That means long...

I'm just pissed that the CI is not totally implantable, and that everything else is totally implantable including cell-phones/hearing aids/pacemakers/etc When I FINALLY get the Totally Implantable CI, I'm going to get a Totally Implantable cell-phone too.:P This is what I'm going to get...

If there was a stem cell treatment that could cure my hearing loss 100 percent right now- I would reject it. I'd opt for the Totally Implantable CI, with a remote that can turn it on/off/adjust volume/change programs etc.

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I dunno. I guess it's because I had to listen to the public school teachers ALL DAY with the FM system. :Ohno: The public school teachers, speech therapists, and school counselors are so annoying. Why do they think that I want a FM system 24/7/365? If I had a Totally Implantable...

Good points made. The Esteem patients have a remote that turns off the Totally Implantable Envoy when they go to sleep (in complete silence). The Totally Implantable CI also will have a remote that can turn it on and off/adjust volume/change programs etc. I'm definetely turning the Totally...