Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Hi Stumbles, Whether a cochlear implant will help you or not depends on several things. First, what is the cause of your deafness? Were you born deaf, or did you lose your hearing later in life. Did you lose it before or after you acquired speech? If you lost it before attaining speech (pre-lingual), then you will have a harder time and longer learning curve with the cochlear implant, because you don't have auditory memory for words. If you lost it after attaining speech, then you do have auditory memory, you KNOW what words sound like, so the learning curve is shorter. If you have a medical problem with the cochlea or the hearing nerve, you might not be a candidate for an implant. What you need to do to get answers to your questions is make an appointment with an implant center. NOT every ENT does cochlear implants, and hard as it is to believe, many of them don't even know what the implant can do. If you need a referral to an implant center, log onto www.cochlear.com and they have a listing of clinics divided by zip code. You can find an implant center that way. Get an evaluation, and then tell US what the Dr. said. Good luck, ____________________________________________________________ Small Business Tools Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your business. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=mnGPQRNwXIGrVStLl5PRxAAAJ1CAYQG2fn\ ZWBLacCwlpBoaTAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMQAAAAA= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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