Re: Further Stats on reliability

[Guest guest]

Dizue,

Thanks. You said here " After 19 years, 95.9% of these implants still

function in the adult population of 9,940. "

THAT is real numbers being crunched and therefore meaningful.

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[Guest guest]

Dixie, thank you for sharing. That's indeed incredible.

Which begs the question: are any of those CI22M implantees able to enjoy the

upgrades in processors since then? Would they be able to get the Freedom

one day soon?

Chris

On 11/19/06, sewunique47 <PlayForDixie@...> wrote:

>

> High levels of reliability have also been noted in statistics ending

> October 2006. The CI22M, Cochlear's first commercial device, now has a

> market history that spans 19 years. This is the industries longest

> reliability record. After 19 years, 95.9% of these implants still

> function in the adult population of 9,940.

>

> Sorry I did not add this imformation earlier on my post on statistics

> and now see it's important to many CI users who would appreciate this

> information.

>

> Thanks to those pioneers who took a risk on cochlear implant surgery 19

> years ago so that we could all be where we are today with this

> technology! I doubt the board can thank you enough, I know I can't.

>

> Dixie

>

>

>

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-- Chris

[Guest guest]

Now, THOSE are meaningful figures and very impressive too. Thanks for

posting them, Dixie.

Have you got a URL please where I can see them, I want to save them to

my computer, from the source.

Ted F.

>

> High levels of reliability have also been noted in statistics ending

> October 2006. The CI22M, Cochlear's first commercial device, now has

> a market history that spans 19 years. This is the industries longest

> reliability record. After 19 years, 95.9% of these implants still

> function in the adult population of 9,940.

>

> Dixie

>

[Guest guest]

What is the life expectancy of the implant itself?

Mike

[Guest guest]

I was told, 50 years.

Ted F.

>

> What is the life expectancy of the implant itself?

>

>

> Mike

>

[Guest guest]

Good news.

Did they post the numbers for children too?

Steve

>

> High levels of reliability have also been noted in statistics

ending

> October 2006. The CI22M, Cochlear's first commercial device, now

has a

> market history that spans 19 years. This is the industries longest

> reliability record. After 19 years, 95.9% of these implants still

> function in the adult population of 9,940.

>

> Sorry I did not add this imformation earlier on my post on

statistics

> and now see it's important to many CI users who would appreciate

this

> information.

>

> Thanks to those pioneers who took a risk on cochlear implant

surgery 19

> years ago so that we could all be where we are today with this

> technology! I doubt the board can thank you enough, I know I

can't.

>

> Dixie

>

[Guest guest]

These stats are wonderful and can help me with my paper. But does anyone

have a printed source tat they came from? I need to document where

everything comes from. Let me know.

Thanks,

Ash

On 11/21/06, Steve Fuchs <SteveF_MS@...> wrote:

>

> Good news.

> Did they post the numbers for children too?

>

> Steve

>

> >

> > High levels of reliability have also been noted in statistics

> ending

> > October 2006. The CI22M, Cochlear's first commercial device, now

> has a

> > market history that spans 19 years. This is the industries longest

> > reliability record. After 19 years, 95.9% of these implants still

> > function in the adult population of 9,940.

> >

> > Sorry I did not add this imformation earlier on my post on

> statistics

> > and now see it's important to many CI users who would appreciate

> this

> > information.

> >

> > Thanks to those pioneers who took a risk on cochlear implant

> surgery 19

> > years ago so that we could all be where we are today with this

> > technology! I doubt the board can thank you enough, I know I

> can't.

> >

> > Dixie

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Steve,

When Cochlear Implants first became available for use, no children were

implanted. The FDA did not allow implants on children and it was years

later before CI's were approved for use in small children and no

inclusion of babies. Later on, implants were approved by the FDA for

babies. Having a niece with three implanted children, her oldest was

implanted around 15 months, with approval by FDA at that time. The

next child was implanted at 12 months per FDA approval and the next one

implanted one day after 8 months old. When the last child was

implanted almost 6 year ago, her surgery was with special consideration

of her surgeon and approval for the implant with the FDA. At that

time, she was probably one of the youngest CI users in the world.

Dixie

[Guest guest]

,

For the historical stats on Cochlear brand products, go to the Files

section of the site at

/files/ and look at the file

NucleusReliabFreedom.pdf

Lydia

> > >

> > > High levels of reliability have also been noted in statistics

> > ending

> > > October 2006. The CI22M, Cochlear's first commercial device, now

> > has a

> > > market history that spans 19 years. This is the industries longest

> > > reliability record. After 19 years, 95.9% of these implants still

> > > function in the adult population of 9,940.

> > >

> > > Sorry I did not add this imformation earlier on my post on

> > statistics

> > > and now see it's important to many CI users who would appreciate

> > this

> > > information.

> > >

> > > Thanks to those pioneers who took a risk on cochlear implant

> > surgery 19

> > > years ago so that we could all be where we are today with this

> > > technology! I doubt the board can thank you enough, I know I

> > can't.

> > >

> > > Dixie

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dixie, thanks for responding to my question about whether they posted

stats for children.

I looked it up, and the FDA approved the N22 for children back in

1990, only 5yrs after the adult approval, so there should be stats on

kids for almost 17yrs now.

So I looked at the 2004 data you referred to on Cochlear's website.

http://www.cochlearamericas.com/pdfs/nrdecjan.pdf

It did publish children's data for the N22, in the range of 98.3% to

93% depending on how long.

You didn't give us the link for 2006 data so we can appreciate the

how awesome the Freedom is by comparison.

Can you do that for us?

Thanks,

Steve

>

> Hi Steve,

>

> When Cochlear Implants first became available for use, no children

were

> implanted. The FDA did not allow implants on children and it was

years

> later before CI's were approved for use in small children and no

> inclusion of babies. Later on, implants were approved by the FDA

for

> babies. Having a niece with three implanted children, her oldest

was

> implanted around 15 months, with approval by FDA at that time. The

> next child was implanted at 12 months per FDA approval and the next

one

> implanted one day after 8 months old. When the last child was

> implanted almost 6 year ago, her surgery was with special

consideration

> of her surgeon and approval for the implant with the FDA. At that

> time, she was probably one of the youngest CI users in the world.

>

> Dixie

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that, Lydia. That's the kind of thing I have been looking

for, statistics that encompass a products life history.

Ted F.

>

> ,

> For the historical stats on Cochlear brand products, go to the Files

> section of the site at

> /files/ and look at the file

> NucleusReliabFreedom.pdf

>

> Lydia

>

>