RE: Cochlear Implant Performance Not Affected by Amount of Hearing Loss - No Benefit in Implanting Better Hearing Ear

[Guest guest]

Audiologist? I wish! Just the messenger! <G>

Bob

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> RE: Cochlear Implant Performance Not Affected by

> Amount of Hearing Loss - No Benefit in Implanting Better Hearing Ear

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> Are you an audiologist? These articles are very interesting! I had

> pretty much decided on implanting my better ear and now I don't

> know what to

> think. I am also wondering if I am considered 'post lingual'.

> I was born

> with a hearing loss but was not diagnosed till I was five. My

> sister who is

> two years older than me was diagnosed at the age of three. My parents

> thought my speech impediment was because I was imitating my

> sister. It was

> my sister's speech therapist who suggested to my parents to have

> my hearing

> tested and sure enough I was diagnosed with a hearing impairment like my

> sister. Obviously I had some hearing at birth to even begin to speak at

> all even though I had a speech impediment. So.does that make me 'post

> lingual'? I did have many years of speech therapy since then to

> improve on

> my speech.

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> Thanks,

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> Barb

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> > Amount of Hearing Loss - No Benefit in Implanting Better Hearing Ear

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Thank you so much for such sharing such an interesting article. I know

it takes quite a while to gather statistics regarding an issue such as

this but it is one that is most helpful when trying to decide which ear

to implant.

Gardner