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Cochlear Implant

  • 14-07-2014 6:14pm
    #1
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭


    People of AH, are you aware of what a cochlear implant is?

    If not. Then let this article inspire you. http://www.medel.com/blog/photographic-tour-of-the-cochlea/

    Do you know what a cochlear implant is? 24 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    100% 24 votes


Comments

  • #2
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Well I know the HSE will not pay for 2


  • #3
    wendell borton
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    Theyre a controversial topic for the deaf community I believe.


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Where have you been hiding? There's a dedicated unit in Beaumount Hospital for 20 years doing these implants? The process has been available since the 70s.


  • #5
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Well I know the HSE will not pay for 2
    At the moment they are offering bilateral cochlear implants (2 implants) to 100 children which costs €3.2 million.

    I got an implant done 2 years ago and knowing the HSE I doubt we'll see the adults getting bilateral implants for another 5-10 years.


  • #6
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Speak up sonny


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  • #7
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    Ha coch....lear


  • #8
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    Question for anyone who actually has a cochlear implant: How do you swim/shower/ wash your hair with it? I've been somewhat mystified by the whole process.


  • #9
    masti123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭masti123


    McChubbin wrote: »
    Question for anyone who actually has a cochlear implant: How do you swim/shower/ wash your hair with it? I've been somewhat mystified by the whole process.

    I don't have one but I know people who do, you just take it off when in water or playing sports like football.


  • #10
    Terrontress
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,918 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    LostBoy101 wrote: »
    At the moment they are offering bilateral cochlear implants (2 implants) to 100 children which costs €3.2 million.

    I got an implant done 2 years ago and knowing the HSE I doubt we'll see the adults getting bilateral implants for another 5-10 years.

    Is that €32k for the second ear or is each ear €16k?

    I've a friend whose daughter got them done and it has made a world of difference to her. She has known nothing else since birth.

    €32k is not a drop in the ocean compared to the increase in her quality of life.


  • #11
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    wendell borton wrote: »
    Theyre a controversial topic for the deaf community I believe.
    Indeed, there has been a lot of protests from those who strictly sign as they feel their culture is being threatened.


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  • #12
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    Donovan Fresh Octopi wrote: »
    Where have you been hiding? There's a dedicated unit in Beaumount Hospital for 20 years doing these implants? The process has been available since the 70s.
    Oh calm down I'm fully aware of that as I got it done there myself 2 years ago. :rolleyes:

    I wanted to know if fellow boardsies know it exists as I feel I have to explain to some people who have never heard of it.


  • #13
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    Terrontress wrote: »
    Is that €32k for the second ear or is each ear €16k?

    I've a friend whose daughter got them done and it has made a world of difference to her. She has known nothing else since birth.

    €32k is not a drop in the ocean compared to the increase in her quality of life.

    Aye for each ear it's €16 k. Beaumount offer the implants for free of charge and to avail of them you have to go through a screening process. Then they see if you are eligible for the implant.


  • #14
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,939 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    always a chance to post this...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTzTt1VnHRM


  • #15
    Knasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    Yes, and I've even seen people wearing them.
    LostBoy101 wrote: »
    I doubt we'll see the adults getting bilateral implants for another 5-10 years.
    I was under the impression that part of the reason that people were campaigning for bilateral implants for kids is because if they don't get them as a kid then after a certain age as your neural plasticity diminishes, and with it the ability to hear even using the implant. Does this only apply to people who were deaf from birth then or is my information completely mistaken?


  • #16
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    Knasher wrote: »
    Yes, and I've even seen people wearing them.

    I was under the impression that part of the reason that people were campaigning for bilateral implants for kids is because if they don't get them as a kid then after a certain age as your neural plasticity diminishes, and with it the ability to hear even using the implant. Does this only apply to people who were deaf from birth then or is my information completely mistaken?
    It depends on how severe your hearing loss is, so no you don't have to be born deaf to avail of a cochlear implant. For example a child may have suffered ear infections which may unable the child to hear properly. So therefore he/her may avail of a implant.


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