Appreciating the cochlear implant

[Adam Frost]

It's a little more complicated than that, but it is a good visual to  
help someone who has no idea what a cochlear implant is.

Adam

On Dec 6, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> Isn't the cochlear implant simply a fancy hearing aid implanted  
> inside the body?
>
> I always thought of the cochlear implant as another kind of hearing  
> aid...
>
> Val ;-)
>
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> On Dec 6, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Adam Frost wrote:
>
>> Ha! The same thing could be said with hearing aids as well, which  
>> was thought to be the cure-all of deafness much like many think  
>> cochlear implants are now. Interesting how the arguments throughout  
>> history stay the same, it is just the toys that change. ;-)
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Bill Reese wrote:
>>
>>> Gerard,
>>> Perhaps I should not mention that I have a cochlear implant as I'm  
>>> late-deafened and don't really fit into the category of a born or  
>>> cultural deaf person whose first language is sign language.   
>>> However, I and others in my ALDA-Suncoast support group have  
>>> cochlear implants and we all still sign.  It's pidgin sign, not  
>>> ASL, and used to get across what we are saying in English.  The  
>>> implant doesn't help any of us hear 100%.  For some, it's more  
>>> like they're deaf as opposed to stone deaf.  For others, they can  
>>> enjoy music.  But when we're together as a group, sign language,  
>>> speechreading, writing notes (total communication) is what we do.
>>>
>>> I believe, just by the nature of that fact, it may be imputed that  
>>> a born or cultural deaf child who gets an implant and who is  
>>> immersed in Deaf culture would still naturally use sign language.
>>>
>>> A few things to consider:
>>> 1. At night, the implant is usually turned off and the deaf person  
>>> is deaf.
>>> 2. When swimming, the device is off and the deaf person is deaf.
>>> 3. When the implant's battery dies and the person has no spare,  
>>> they're deaf.
>>> 4. When they just don't feel like wearing the implant, they're deaf.
>>>
>>> In short, the implant isn't used 24/7 and sign language is still  
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>> Gerard Meijssen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hoi,
>>>> In several discussions about sign languages and SignWriting, the  
>>>> subject of the cochlear implant was mentioned. I have been doing  
>>>> some reading on the subject. I find it hard to learn what a  
>>>> cochlear implant does for someone who gets an operation and has  
>>>> one implanted. I learned that the operation is not without risks  
>>>> and the soundfiles that I listened to on the Internet do not give  
>>>> 22 channel quality.
>>>>
>>>> The Wikipedia article is deemed to be not good enough. So I am  
>>>> really looking for an improved article and also in a better  
>>>> appreciation of such devices.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>      Gerard
>>>>
>>>> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2008/12/cochlear-implant.html
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant
>>>>
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