Video clip by Michael Chorost, etc.
I got it off from Michael Chorost website for this video clip. It is good documentary video for anyone to learn what the cochlear implants are all about.
Click here for the video.
Also what's more on Michael Chorost's view of Gallaudet protests, you can visit his website here, and scroll down to two posts: "October 18, 2006: Chaos at Gallaudet" and "October 30, 2006: My visit to Gallaudet."
In there, he wrote,
I am not 100% convinced that cochlear implants do work 100% for many deaf people who have been profoundly deaf by many years. Most cochlear implant centers do withheld statistics on how successful prelingual deaf people who wore cochlear implants. Cochlear implant centers tend to give positive data results than giving out full data of success and failures. Cochlear implant centers should be forced to be transparent with full data of successes and failures with prelingual and postlingual profiles.
Click here for the video.
Also what's more on Michael Chorost's view of Gallaudet protests, you can visit his website here, and scroll down to two posts: "October 18, 2006: Chaos at Gallaudet" and "October 30, 2006: My visit to Gallaudet."
In there, he wrote,
An audiologist there said to me, “Gallaudet’s slogan is, ‘Deaf people can do anything, except hear.’ Sooner or later we’re going to have to change that to ‘Deaf people can do anything, including hear.’”I really disagree with that part... Why? Then hearing folks would have expected deaf people to hear eventhough they reject the implant or implant doesn't work for them. In my case, I am not 100% hearing on everything. I only can hear some and still not able to recognize the sounds yet.
I am not 100% convinced that cochlear implants do work 100% for many deaf people who have been profoundly deaf by many years. Most cochlear implant centers do withheld statistics on how successful prelingual deaf people who wore cochlear implants. Cochlear implant centers tend to give positive data results than giving out full data of success and failures. Cochlear implant centers should be forced to be transparent with full data of successes and failures with prelingual and postlingual profiles.
posted by Mike at 8:14 AM
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I would like to disagree strongly on your negative views. Cochlear Implants do work wonders, and the people at Gallaudet University are worried about the death of the Deaf Culture. Truth is, their days are numbered. According to Cochlear Corporation, over 90% of their prospective candidates are not being implanted, and they are aggressively trying to combat that. See more editorial about this at a new website that has just been published, Hearing Pocket.
hear508,
There are some people who are not successful with cochlear implants due to different kind of situations. In your case, you are successful implant user and really I do envy you for that. I am a failed implant user.
Read my previous posts why I do not benefit very well on it and as of now, I am not hearing anything anymore.
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