Comments on: Kids with cochlear implants more confident, finds study http://deafnetwork.com/wordpress/blog/2010/02/03/kids-with-cochlear-implants-more-confident-finds-study/ Largest Deaf Community Resources & Newsletter in Texas Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Erika Wentworth http://deafnetwork.com/wordpress/blog/2010/02/03/kids-with-cochlear-implants-more-confident-finds-study/comment-page-1/#comment-188853 Erika Wentworth Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:24:45 +0000 http://deafnetwork.com/wordpress/?p=9188#comment-188853 This article, and this study was very slanted, and the not-so-hidden assumption is that Deaf children who do not get cochlear implants have extraordinary difficult or unhappy lives. The comparison group of "normal" children did not include Deaf children who use ASL and live perfectly happy lives themselves. This is not the kind of unbiased article or study that I like reading about. Instead, it reads as an advertisement for cochlear implants. I am very disappointed to have read this article in this online newspaper. This article, and this study was very slanted, and the not-so-hidden assumption is that Deaf children who do not get cochlear implants have extraordinary difficult or unhappy lives. The comparison group of “normal” children did not include Deaf children who use ASL and live perfectly happy lives themselves. This is not the kind of unbiased article or study that I like reading about. Instead, it reads as an advertisement for cochlear implants. I am very disappointed to have read this article in this online newspaper.

]]> By: Frank A. Brauer http://deafnetwork.com/wordpress/blog/2010/02/03/kids-with-cochlear-implants-more-confident-finds-study/comment-page-1/#comment-188817 Frank A. Brauer Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:43:43 +0000 http://deafnetwork.com/wordpress/?p=9188#comment-188817 A cochlear implant is an electronic device that helps in reinstating partial hearing in deaf people - Copied from this article and too humbly spoken! The Cochlear implant does "miraculous" wonders far better than "partial" as stated in the article as the definition. It is an insult to describe the Cochlear implant in such a reserved way. What is most important that if you are contemplating getting an implant that you get an assessment done by a reputable doctor as the one my wife got hers done by. His name is Dr. Peters of Medical City in Dallas, Texas. One day I'm sure it will be my turn to get it done. My wonderful wife now hears better than me and no longer needs to read lips. The first year is rough but after that, it just gets better and better. Attend a local Cochlear support group to consult with others that can give you their personal success stories. I'm just married to a cochlear implant wearer and that's my testimony that I have seen with my own two eyes. I was raised as a deaf child that wore a huge hearing aid box on my chest with a bra strap like contraption with twisted wires going to both of my ears. Yes, I'd would have blended in much better if I could have heard as well as a cochlear implant wearer but I can speak as an authority it's not what you see the wearer have on but whether the device works to not just "help" but eliminate and that is what the cochlear implant does, it eliminates deafness! How I love technology! A cochlear implant is an electronic device that helps in reinstating partial
hearing in deaf people – Copied from this article and too humbly spoken!

The Cochlear implant does “miraculous” wonders far better than “partial” as stated in the article as the definition. It is an insult to describe the Cochlear implant in such a reserved way. What is most important that if you are contemplating getting an implant that you get an assessment done by a reputable doctor as the one my wife got hers done by. His name is Dr. Peters of Medical City in Dallas, Texas. One day I’m sure it will be my turn to get it done. My wonderful wife now hears better than me and no longer needs to read lips. The first year is rough but after that, it just gets better and better. Attend a local Cochlear support group to consult with others that can give you their personal success stories. I’m just married to a cochlear implant wearer and that’s my testimony that I have seen with my own two eyes. I was raised as a deaf child that wore a huge hearing aid box on my chest with a bra strap like contraption with twisted wires going to both of my ears. Yes, I’d would have blended in much better if I could have heard as well as a cochlear implant wearer but I can speak as an authority it’s not what you see the wearer have on but whether the device works to not just “help” but eliminate and that is what the cochlear implant does, it eliminates deafness! How I love technology!

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