Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Statistics are meaningless when you *are* one of the statistics, because then your failure rate is 100%. So nothing good can be said about any device failures or recalls, and I wouldn't try defending such a position. On the other hand, cochlear implants really are marvels of technology. We expect them to be able to curl into a cochlea, have components that never fail, never lose integrity, support multiple programming options, allow future compatibility and have zero impact physically as a foreign body inside of us. Wow, thats a tough job - and intimidating too. Could that be why there are only 3 companies working on cochlear implants? If you throw in the fact that you need to keep up with new technology, which advances at light speed these days, I'd have to say I'm not surprised when things go wrong. I cannot sit here and call AB's attempt to move the technology forward " unforgivable " . All progress is risky. If you want to see improvements like being able to enjoy music, expect there might be some stumbles along the way. I certainly hope AB doesn't go into defensive mode, sitting on their thumbs saying " this is good enough, we can stop innovating now " . I also don't want to see them say, " we need to test this longer to get to 0 defects " and then wind up with 10 year product release cycles. They'd probably get out of the business at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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