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I don't believe anything in my posts on this topic indicate that what I described is the norm. That's why I said "some" children and then gave my example. My point is simply that these types of kids exist when others flat out don't believe it. As far as data about the kids, they were early...

I agree, that's very important to know. Most everybody dislikes change at first. I was going to mention that after your first comment, but looks like we both thought of it.

I don't doubt that there are some people with CI's that behave poorly like you say. That's too bad. I assume that some persons with CI's hide them when around other deaf people because they are worried that they will be put down or ridiculed for their decision to get an implant. Some of...

Whether a CI is a "miracle device" or whether CI's allow deaf persons to function or "be back" in the hearing world does not have anything to do with whether a person is deaf or not. You can be deaf and not "in" the hearing world, and you can be deaf and be "in" the hearing world - or both...

Shel, it's not always professionals that are causing the misunderstanding. Much of it, imo, is just that people don't understand, period. A friend of Drew's who also has bilateral implants was covered in a radio story within the last year. His parents talked to the person doing the interview...

I actually meant the difference between these 4-5 year old children's speech was insignificant, or imperceptible. In some cases, the deaf CI kids were well ahead of others their age in their ability to speak clearly and vocabulary because they had been in school for 3 years more than their...

Drew's school district also currently sends 95% of its students to post-secondary education. I will look but I would guess that there are at least three other suburban, public schools in our city that send over 90%. I could be wrong.

I too would like more information about these children. Several that I have met do not sound significantly different than other children their age (implanted no later than 2 years old, at age 5). Others I have met that were implanted several years later than that do sound "different", but you...

You've said this several times. It seems to me that you're saying people who use CI's to gain access to sound are not able to speak any better than they could without the access to sound. Is this what you mean?

Is it your heating unit blowing air?

Yes, since he was so young for his surgery and activation, we needed something to prevent the coils from constantly coming off. First, he would yank everything off just as babies do generally. Second, even if he was not pulling them off since he did not walk then he would roll around on the...

Im not convinced that this particular sound would make it into an implant manufacturers advertising material...but I am happy for you nevertheless.

Here is a picture of Drew's backup CI carrier.

Point taken, but keep in mind that I can sue you for using the screen name "Shel90" if I want. That doesn't mean my case has any validity behind it. If the court made a ruling that there was neglect in that case, then I would be uncomfortable with that.

I didn't see a great deal of pressure, so I can't speak much from experience here. However, while it seems to me that doctors receive far too much blame, I do agree that there is a significant portion of our population that needs something that you could call "protection from themselves...

If cochlear implants are not "helping deaf children learn to speak like hearing people", then what is it about these children with cochlear implants that is allowing many of them them to speak with no noticeable speech difference from that of hearing persons? (Or perhaps I don't understand...

Jesse, Regarding the ear molds, we found no way to prevent the feedback. First, children that young are laying on the ground and maybe rolling around which means their ears are constantly being mashed and moved. This constantly knocks out the molds, even if they were fit properly...

This question relates to the "speech banana". If the aids are amplifying the sound to a level high enough so that he hears in this "banana", he should be able to understand speech, and therefore should have a good opportunity to speak well. Here is a post we made when Drew got his hearing...

We learned our son Drew was profoundly deaf very early on as well, so I suppose our situations are at least somewhat similar. We spent a lot of time talking to people, reading, etc., and eventually went the cochlear implant route for various reasons. Much of it is documented on Drew's blog...

In most cases, the CI is anchored (tied) to the skull, so it should not be moving. Sounds like that is a normal feeling from those who posted above. Good luck.