tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post4663776367220201398..comments2024-03-28T03:13:09.436-05:00Comments on The Reluctant Blogger: Promoting 'Pig"HENRY KISORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-36225476261033366112011-02-22T07:02:57.680-06:002011-02-22T07:02:57.680-06:00I remember reading your comments about the state o...I remember reading your comments about the state of CI technology and candidacy with your first version (and I am so excited that you have an updated version out and look forward to reading it!) and if it weren't for your inner ear ossification I would make the case for giving it the old college try. As a progressively deafened person, I had different factors to consider in making the decision to become a cochlear implant recipient. I have little doubt that one day they will be able to reconstruct the inner ear in such a way as to make that factor not as much of an impediment. In fact, as I'm sure you know, they can do that to some extent today. My nine year old niece, who lives in Israel with my sister (also a CI recipient) got her implant late last year following structural repair needed as a result of ear drum perforation and scarring from failed surgeries on that end. So things are happening every day that we didn't think possible even just a few years ago.Deborah Marcusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-67358310231249639862010-03-24T19:04:01.331-05:002010-03-24T19:04:01.331-05:00Cochlear implants work for many, but not for all. ...Cochlear implants work for many, but not for all. Two factors mitigated against one for me:<br /><br />1. I have been deaf since age 3, and by the time the first CIs rolled around in the mid-1980s I had lost all memory of hearing.<br /><br />2. My inner ear has become completely ossified, hence the likelihood of getting a sufficient number of electrodes into the cochlea for effective hearing is poor.<br /><br />There is some chance that the CI would give me an awareness of environmental sound, but there is very little chance of being able to understand speech without lipreading as well. Some people in my situation are willing to give it a try, hoping for the best, but more often than not give up trying to make the thing work.<br /><br />But this is not to denigrate the CI for many, many deaf people -- it works for them. I'm keeping an eye on advances in the state of the art just in case . . .Henry Kisornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-52123216784304622842010-03-24T14:40:32.593-05:002010-03-24T14:40:32.593-05:00Why haven't you got a cochlear implant? Don...Why haven't you got a cochlear implant? Don't they turn deaf people into hearing ones?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-58489318795636280762010-03-23T10:13:36.645-05:002010-03-23T10:13:36.645-05:00Indeed yes, for many deaf people. The new edition ...Indeed yes, for many deaf people. The new edition does continue the discussion. But I don't have a cochlear implant and therefore it shouldn't be mentioned in a list of the devices and developments that have benefited me personally.HENRY KISORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-18168176450597750042010-03-23T06:27:36.797-05:002010-03-23T06:27:36.797-05:00What about cochlear implants? Aren't they the ...What about cochlear implants? Aren't they the most important recent development for deaf people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com