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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't think anyone can give an unbiased opinion
about cochlear implants!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>KJ</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=icemandeaf@gmail.com href="mailto:icemandeaf@gmail.com">Adam
Frost</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:31
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] Appreciating the
cochlear implant</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Well, I don't know how much help I can be with
providing neutral, factual information as I am biased being a Deaf
person strongly imbedded in the Deaf World and still
very successful in the Hearing World such that getting a cochlear
would be unneeded. I can tell you this much that I know that besides all
of that, I am ill candidate for a cochlear because my deafness is as
a result of auditory nerves that never developed correctly. I do have to agree
that many people get very passionate about this topic. Not really much can be
done about it and is expected when something seems to destroy a way
of life. I know that hearing aids were viewed with the same passion when they
first came out.
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<DIV>Adam</DIV>
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<DIV>On Dec 6, 2008, at 6:04 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Hoi,<BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR>Thanks,<BR> Gerard<BR><BR><A
href="http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2008/12/cochlear-implant.html">http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2008/12/cochlear-implant.html</A><BR><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>____________________________________________<BR><BR>SW-L
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