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Either way it's the parents choice. If a parent decides they don't want to implant thier child, or to wait till the child is older, that's their choice. Parents make decisions for their children all the time based on their environment. For some, implantation is best for thier child. For...

Directionality mainly. It's hard to tell where sound is coming from with only one ear. Also, people do better in background noise with two implants as opposed to one. It's called a "head-shadow effect." Sound can be 3 dimensional as well, but you need two ears to be understand a 3D sound...

Yes, there is probably dozens of studies you can find. Everytime you go in for a CI they will test you on your ability to decipher speech before your implant, one month after, 3 months after, 6 months and a year after. Prior to the CI, I was scoring 0% on sentences. Now I score 100%. In...

Wow, seems I've really opened a can of worms with this thread. Sorry to those who asked me questions- I haven't been able to come back to this forum for a while. First of all, I do very well with my one implant. I was born deaf, raised both orally and on sign, but didn't hear shit till I...

One is good, but we have ears for a reason :) People tend to do better in bacground noise with 2 implants than with just one. Also, with just one its hard to tell where sound is coming from. I can tell extreme left and right sounds, but anything else I can't.

Anybody here considering a cochlear imlpant? I have one, but am considering getting a second one put in my other ear.

Anybody here considering a cochlear imlpant? I have one, but am considering getting a second one put in my other ear.