Re: Bilateral Implant Articles & Stories

[Guest guest]

>> school) I realized that it really wouldn't matter how well Ben could

hear 30 years from now if we don't give him the best hearing possible NOW

while he >is going through school. If he isn't successful NOW how will it

be possible to be successful in 30 years. Ben's audie gave me copies of

several articles on >children and bilateral implants. I will list them

below. She is for it. His AVT it for it - she said he will be able to hear

so much better in noise with two.

Very well said, and soooo true. Of course we thought about saving

one of our son's ears for future technology, hair cell generation etc. but

then it occurred to us he would need the best hearing possible while he was

young and making his way into the hearing world.

He has had two implants for almost 3 years now and let me just say, hearing

in noise is not an issue for him at all. We have never even thought about

comparing different cars in terms of the noise they make because those

things don't matter for Christian at all.

I cannot say that two implants have helped him in acquiring language. I know

a lot of children with one implant that are doing so well with their speech

and language but I have yet to meet an implanted child that is doing nearly

as well in background noise and for that very reason I would make the same

decision again in a heartbeat.

All the best,

Sabine in Cologne, Germany with

(12/98),

Christian (4/00; meningitis 10/00; 2 N24 1/01),

Florian (6/02)

and ? to make the family complete in August 2004 :-)

[Guest guest]

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To: <Listen-Up >

Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 10:42 PM

Subject: Bilateral Implant Articles & Stories

I use to say I would " NEVER " implant his other ear. I wanted to

" save " it for future technology and hopefully cochlear hair cell

regeneration.

Does this mean that after an implant they would NOT be a candidate for

cochlear hair cell regeneration?

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From what I understand the implant destroys the hair cells. Am I right? So

that's why they would not be a candidate.

Bilateral Implant Articles & Stories

I use to say I would " NEVER " implant his other ear. I wanted to

" save " it for future technology and hopefully cochlear hair cell

regeneration.

Does this mean that after an implant they would NOT be a candidate for

cochlear hair cell regeneration?

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[Guest guest]

From what I understand the implant destroys the hair cells. Am I right? So

that's why they would not be a candidate.

Bilateral Implant Articles & Stories

I use to say I would " NEVER " implant his other ear. I wanted to

" save " it for future technology and hopefully cochlear hair cell

regeneration.

Does this mean that after an implant they would NOT be a candidate for

cochlear hair cell regeneration?

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[Guest guest]

> From what I understand the implant destroys the hair cells. Am I

right? So that's why they would not be a candidate.

>

>

That's what I think too. But, I have learned to never say never! I

cannot even imagine what will be available decades from now when our

children are adults!