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Annual Cochlear Implants Statistics - Articles
99 year-old patient is implanted with cochlear implant
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Thu 16 Dec 2010 1:17pm
, is thought to be the oldest patient on record to receive a cochlear implant. It was reported that the surgery went well and she was alert and smiling within hours of implantation.
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Hedwig Christoph, aged 99, won't miss a single sound this Christmas. Following her surgery last week, she will be able to hear better than she has for many years
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One year anniversary of NICE guidance on cochlear implants
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Thu 28 Jan 2010 8:31am
for spatial awareness.
There are currently over 7,000 cochlear implant users throughout the UK, with numbers increasing by over 700 each year. The NICE guidance came just months... anyone who received a cochlear implant last year, so please do leave a comment, or email us at hello@thedeafblog.co.uk.
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Hearing restored by cochlear implant after 51 years of silence
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Fri 03 Sep 2010 9:22am
A man born profoundly deaf can hear for the first time – thanks to a new cochlear implant.
Richard Bizley, 51, from Lyme Regis, said his life has been changed... profoundly deaf for 51 years.
“My implant means I am able to cope more in my job as a gallery owner, dealing with the public and therefore it helps me keep my job.”
The father
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Three year-old Ava is now a chatterbox thanks to cochlear implant
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Thu 08 Apr 2010 10:05am
Ava Pearson was nine months old when she became one of the youngest people in Britain to have cochlear implants.
Now aged three, she has language skills... decided cochlear implants might give their daughter the chance of a normal life.
One week after the operation, she started dancing to music and four weeks later she said her
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My 15 year cochlear implant review...
by
groovychik007
Posted
Sun 17 May 2009 10:47pm
On the 27th of May, I have my 15 year review at the new cochlear implant centre! I don't know whether they are going to offer me the new Freedom behind the ear CI. Although... with the 3G but maybe since I've had the 3g esprit for a good couple of years now and i'm quite used to it. Im not sure if i can make the change to a different BTE but if they offer me
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Living With Cochlear Implants (2-1/2 Years Later)
by
Wendi
Posted
Sun 09 Jan 2011 3:47pm
(Is it just me, or is the first sentence of a blog entry the hardest one to write?!) Okay, so it’s been almost 2-1/2 years since my cochlear implants went “live”, and if you’re curious about life with cochlear implants a few years later, this is what it’s like for me.
I wake up in my natural deaf state, and no longer cringe at the thought
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Cochlear Implant Number 3 - Two Year Review!
by
Robyn C.
Posted
Fri 25 Feb 2011 6:39am
I just had my 2 year mapping, about 6 weeks early, as I was up in Auckland for another reason. I had my 18 month review back in October, and at the time I thought... months: 98% (Grrr)!
HINT (open set) Sentences at 2 years: 100% (Yippee)
In background noise +10db SNR at 3 months: 92%
In Background noise +10db SNR at 6 months: 96
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Cochlear Implants! Intervention Tools and Living with Cochlear Implants
by
Val B.
Posted
Wed 10 Jun 2009 4:55pm
"I'm All Ears" is gearing up for the upcoming presentations for Alabama's Early Intervention Program in Tuscaloosa, AL. If you're in the area, join us at the University Church of Christ at 1200 Julia Tutwiler Drive in Tuscaloosa on June 23 from 8-4. Our sessions are from 1-2:15 and then repeating at 2:30-3:45. We will be demonstrating ideas and ...
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