atabr5....i am glad that you asked this question. I just found this website a little over a week ago and have been researching A LOT as well because my youngest son is a candidate for a cochlear implant. The only downfall that I have heard from some people is about sports. I have a boy, a very active boy. In our family, we love baseball, dodgeball, motorcycles, all that fun but rough stuff and I worry about what if my son one day wants to do those sports? Well, we could not go ahead with the implant and we wouldn't have to worry about it OR we could go along with the implant and then worry about it. Even if he decides later in life that he doesn't want his implant on, and we can't get it removed, I guess he still is at a loss of playing though sports. But then again, that is what I have heard. If anyone else has heard different, I would LOVE to hear from you or anyone with a CI who plays sports like those. Do you have to really worry about it???
Courtney D.