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Watch a live Cochlear Implant Surgery... by Celeste .. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 23 Feb 2009 9:40pm I saw this off another CI blog and thought it looked interesting. On Tuesday, the 24 th, you can watch a Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implant surgery performed from University Hospitals Case Medical Center Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. The surgeon will even be taking questions from viewers, via email. Click here for more details! Read on »

Cochlear implant surgery safe fo ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 17 Mar 2009 3:39pm Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors NEW YORK ,18 mar 2009– The risk of complications from general anesthesia is not especially high for elderly patients having a cochlear implant inserted to correct deafness, according to a new report. Cochlear implants are devices inserted under the skull that directly translate sound into electrical Read on »

The Truth and Lies about Cochlear Implant Surgery by Rachel C. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 11 Oct 2010 5:50pm The other day at school I met a girl who has hearing aids. She could hear perfectly fine but was using sign language. I asked her why she was signing when she can speak perfectly fine. She said she has been losing her hearing very slowly and someday will be deaf. [...] Read on »

Cochlear Implant Surgery.... by Ash and Amit Marathe Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Jan 2009 6:52pm For Cochlear Implant surgery, first we have to decide which Company's implant would be appropriate. We met people from all three companies Cochlear,Med-el & Advanced Bionics.Then discussing with Doctor we decided for Advanced Bionics. In February '08 an impedance test was done which resulted that infection was cured and Anushree was ready for surgery Read on »

Vandita's Cochlear Implant Surgery by VanditaCanTalk Posted Fri 28 Jan 2011 1:36pm Vandita was wearing hearing aids in both the ears from the age of one. she has developed some speech and language but because of her nature of hearing loss, she found it difficult to do things with hearing aids. We have decided for a cochlear implant surgery of her in march 2010 after meeting famous ENT surgeon Dr. Milind Kirtane, who was in B ... Read on »

Cochlear implant surgery safe for the elderly by DeafBlog Patient Expert

Posted Sat 07 Mar 2009 3:46pm A study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers shows that healthy elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss can undergo surgery to receive cochlear implants... conducted a retrospective chart review of 70 patients over 70 years of age who received cochlear implants under general anesthesia between 1984 and 2007. The patients were divided Read on »

Cochlear Implant Surgery.... by Danielle N. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 12 Jan 2011 2:04pm Yesterday was a very overwhelming day for me. I had my first appointment with my Cochlear Implant Surgeon for the first time. Plus Mom and I went into the city alone... just like a hearing person because I was in speech therapy and boces my entire life. So I explained the situation etc. He asked me what implant I wanted and I told him Read on »

Amanda's first day after Cochlear Implant Surgery by jenniferbrunoconde Posted Wed 03 Dec 2008 12:15am Bionics. Each child receiving an Advanced Bionics HiRes cochlear implant receives a monkey with a removable velcro cochlear implant processor, coil and magnet. (See a video clip... a cochlear implant, and how she will incorporate sound into her life. Amanda's incision Her surgeon did a fabulou s job with everything and really took his time to make sure Read on »

(NL-0016) Cochlear Implant Install - Surgery Date is Here ! by Dan Connell Posted Sat 21 Mar 2009 12:00am My CI surgery date is here ! Fun facts - I don't have to worry about my head hair being shaved off before surgery. I have not a strand of hair on my head... the magic of "type now, post later", this post is being distributed about the same time that I'm in surgery and having my new CI installed. (as I type this, it's really 11:15 PM Read on »

My Second Cochlear Implant Surgery by Jodi Cutler Del Dottore Patient Expert

Posted Tue 14 Apr 2009 11:12pm . She contacted me three months ago with a question regarding the cochlear implant and her 18 month old beautiful baby girl is having the surgery tomorrow morning. 3. I'm.../strony/karolina2/angels.gif Subscribe to An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Implant Story Read on »