#Hearing Implants

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How Cochlear Implants Work: Restoring Sound for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. Cochlear ear implants use electrostimulation to bypass damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve. Signals generated by the implant are sent by way of the auditory nerve to the brain, which recognizes the signals as sound. Cochlear ear implants do not restore normal hearing but can give a deaf person a functional representation of sounds in the environment and help them better understand speech. Workings

A cochlear ear implant system has two main parts - an external portion that sits behind the ear and a implanted internal portion that sits under the skin. The external portion consists of a microphone which picks up sound from the environment, a speech processor that selects and arranges sounds from the microphone and a transmitter that sends this signal to the internal receiver. The internal portion consists of a receiver that receives signals from the external transmitter and an electrode array that is surgically placed into the cochlea. The electrode array converts the signals into electric impulses that directly stimulate the hearing nerve. These signals are then transmitted by the hearing nerve to the brain, where they are interpreted as meaningful sound. Are All Types of Hearing Loss Candidates? Cochlear Implants are meant only for people who are profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. They are not helpful for people with mild to moderate hearing loss, as there is usually enough hearing remaining to benefit from hearing aids. Candidacy generally requires that a person has little to no benefit from conventional hearing aids. The most common criteria include profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears, inability to understand speech even with hearing aids and having reasonable cognitive and language skills to benefit from the implant. Once implanted, the brain has to learn to interpret new electric currents as sounds through rehabilitative training and therapy. Success Rates

Studies show that cochlear ear implants can provide significant benefit in speech understanding for most implant recipients. The degree of benefits tend to vary considerably between individuals based on factors like duration of deafness pre-implant, age at implantation and rehabilitative efforts after implantation. Children implanted at a young age are able to develop spoken language skills like hearing peers, while adults often experience significant improvement in their quality of life by improving communication abilities in quiet and noisy settings. While cochlear ear implants do not fully restore normal hearing, the vast majority of implant users are pleased with the improved speech understanding abilities provided by these devices which allow them to function with independence despite profound hearing loss. Benefits for Children When implanted at an early age, research shows that cochlear ear implants have the potential to allow deaf children to acquire language skills close to that of their hearing peers. Deaf infants and toddlers who receive cochlear ear implants shortly after identification of deafness are able to learn spoken language, socialize and attend mainstream classrooms. Early implantation before the age of 3 years has been associated with better listening, spoken language and literacy outcomes compared to later implantation. Cochlear ear implants provide these children access to incidental learning of sounds in their environment that they would otherwise miss, promoting improved language development. Timely implantation is crucial to take full advantage of a child's ability to learn language.

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Cochlear Implant Surgery: Restoring the World of Sound

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1. Mild Hearing Loss**: Individuals with mild hearing loss may struggle to hear soft sounds or understand speech in noisy environments.

2. Moderate Hearing Loss**: Those with moderate hearing loss have difficulty hearing even regular conversations.

3. Severe Hearing Loss**: People with severe hearing loss may only hear very loud sounds.

4. Profound Hearing Loss**: Profound hearing loss is the most severe form, rendering individuals unable to hear any sounds.Hearing loss can result from various causes, including genetic factors, infections, noise exposure, aging, and certain medical conditions. While hearing aids can be beneficial for many ��Cochlear implant surgery Contact Us +1-863-784-5002  individuals with mild to Cochlear implant surgery Contact Us +1-863-784-5002 moderate hearing loss, they often provide limited help for those with severe to profound hearing A Brief History of Cochlear Implants

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## The Science Behind Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants work on the principle of bypassing damaged parts of the ear and directly stimulating the auditory nerve to send signals to the brain. To understand this process, let's break down the components of the cochlear implant system:

1. **External Components**:

   - **Microphone**: This component picks up sounds from the environment.

   - **Speech Processor**: The speech processor converts these sounds into digital signals.

   - **Transmitter Coil**: It transmits the digital signals to the internal components.

2. **Internal Components**:

   - **Receiver Stimulator**: This device receives the signals from the transmitter coil and converts them into electrical impulses.

Electrode Array**: The electrode array is surgically implanted within the cochlea (the inner ear) and stimulates the auditory nerve.

Cochlear implant surgery Contact Us +1-863-784-5002 Auditory Nerve: The electrical impulses generated by the electrode array stimulate the auditory nerve, which then sends signals to the brain for interpretation as sound.

## The Cochlear Implant Surgery Procedure Cochlear implant surgery is a specialized procedure that requires a highly trained surgical team. The surgery is typically performed in several stages:

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The surgery is usually performed under general anesthesia, ensuring that the patient remains completely asleep and comfortable throughout the procedure. Cochlear implant surgery Contact Us +1-863-784-5002 Once the patient is anesthetized, the surgeon makes an incision behind the ear to access the mastoid bone. A small opening is created in the mastoid bone to access the cochlea.

Cochlear implant surgery Contact Us +1-863-784-5002 The electrode array is carefully threaded into the cochlea through the small opening in the mastoid bone. The precise placement of the electrode array is crucial for optimal hearing outcomes.

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[crybaby-writings]

if you want to learn sign language of any kind your one and only reason for it should be proper person to person communication. not because it's "so beautiful", not so you can talk shit and nothing else, not so you can say swear words without other people knowing.

if you're learning sign language your one and only reason should be to communicate with people who use sign language. learning sign language means learning about an entire complicated, extremely important culture and the people who are a part of that culture.

you can not learn sign language without learning about d/Deaf culture in depth. it also means learning to stay in your lane on d/Deaf issues. learning sign language and learning about d/Deaf culture does not mean you get to speak on d/Deaf issues, and a lot of hearing people don't realize that.

this has been a notice from a d/Deaf person

[keepbreathingky]

Hey bestie! Tell me everything, cause I can comprehend more of what you say now.

[cripplecharacters]

Is it fine to write a Deaf character who received a cochlear implant in early childhood if I use it as a plot device for their eventual integration into Deaf culture? I would make it so that the implant fails and they reject any and all further attempts to integrate them into mainstream society with audism.

Hi!

It is fine to make a character who uses hearing aids or CI, full stop. And it is fine for those devices to work in some capacity. That is the lived experience of many d/Deaf individuals. You don't need to justify the character's aids or "offset" it somehow by having them not work.

Hearing assistive devices are not cures and do not make people magically hearing. But just the same, hearing assistive devices not working (or someone not using them) doesn't extra-validate their Deaf identity.

The Deaf pushback against CI (and hearing assistive devices in general) is that hearing parents often treat them as "cures" for their child's deafness and provide no other aids, or only provide support for their child to pass as hearing rather than giving the best access to information. Additionally, CI is an invasive surgery and can be dangerous, though it usually isn't.

There are plenty of Deaf people who use and like their CI or hearing aids. There are plenty who don't. It's such a broad community with so many different lived experiences. You don't need to feel like you must write a d/Deaf character one specific way. The guidelines we give here are to avoid inaccuracies, and things we'd like to see more of.

One thing I would love to see is someone who has CI or hearing aids and uses them when they want but has also had access to Deaf community and sign language from a young age. I know many people like that in real life and yet that's not representation I've ever seen in a story.

Your character's CI doesn't have to be a plot device. It can just be an aspect of their character. Have them involved in the Deaf community, absolutely! But you don't need to "make up for" a Deaf character who uses CI in any way, because hearing assistive devices and Deaf community are not antithetical.

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[rickypersnickety]

literally begging yall this disability pride month to remember the phys. disabled deaf people. draw them with transcription computers, draw them wearing colorful CIs and HAs, draw them using FM systems, i've never seen anyone draw them and i'd love to see representation of that. i cannot count the number of times i've been excited to see disability art only to see them all using mobility aids and feel disappointed afterwards because fuck knows when the last time you saw your disability aids.

this disability pride month include Deaf/HOH people that don't solely use sign language, who wear colorful disability aids, who use things that only their own community seems to know about

(if anyone has art of those things i mentioned i wanted seen tag me pleaseeeee)

[roguemonsterfucker]

Shout out to this book I'm reading for actually using the original proper definition of the title "harem" and using the typical modern usage to cause some very good drama in the narrative due to the misunderstanding.

Chef's kiss honestly.

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[skyrim-forever]

I put on the Skyrim OST and immediately got a notification that you posted...

I don't have notifications on for you...

Did the soundtrack summon you or something

So that’s what that weird jolt I felt was!

[jetlaggingbehind]

listen to me. in a swap au ramona's knives would NOT be matthew. matthew got over his heartbreak fairly easily once he had his own musical to perform on and knives does not have that kind of emotional resilience in the face of scott's shittiness she is seventeen years of age. matthew would more likely be like kim or something. he's hiding stuff and he never got closure but at least he has a healthy outlet for his emotions which helps him come to terms with it in some sense. knives would be ROXY. heartbreak central.

[untowardgloom]

Hearing aids :]!

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Punk Hearing Aid deco !

Bit of a different post. I use hearing aids but need to decorate them to fit more of my general style, wanted to compile an inspo post for myself and other alternative people who ALSO use hearing aids and want it to match their personality and vibe. I think one of these is a cochlear implant though i MAY be wrong. Assistive aids are VERY punk rock (NONE of these are my images)

I couldn't find any others that fit my general aesthetic !! If you're looking to decorate your hearing aids I suggest looking on Etsy, they have a ton of things to decorate them with.

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btw happy disability pride month.

Shout to all my fellow deaf Cochlear implant users whether your bilateral like me or use cochlear implant on one side. And also shoutout to people who use other hearing devices. And also also shout out to deaf people who don’t use any hearing devices.

And shoutout to all the other people with disabilities, it may not always be easy but we‘re still here.

[tilin-forever]

Hi everyone, hope you all are doing well <3

I just wrote my first fic ever for @mcytphysicaldisabilityweek Day 2: Deafness/Hard of Hearing (please don’t mind that I handed this in literally at the last minute my time zone like a school assignment haha)

Summary: “Tallulah loves how the red poppy stickers on her hearing aids match her red toque. She loves how she can take them off if things get too noisy for her sensitive ears. She doesn't mind being hard of hearing...most days.”

As someone who is profoundly deaf in both ears (I wear a cochlear implant), I was inspired to write this, a lot of which is based on my personal experiences! While I am pretty positive about being deaf (hey, its a fun fact I get to share at icebreakers haha), I wanted to write more about what it's like being deaf without having grown up with ASL (which happens more often than you think, about 90% of deaf kids are born to Hearing families) and that comes with some communication downsides.

I am not a 100% about the characterization, but I wanted to submit this before the day is over. I was also inspired by this wonderful fandom, you guys are all so sweet <3

I am hoping to write a followup/parallel fic for FitMC about being deaf as an adult, anyways, hope you enjoy <3

[crybaby-writings]

by the way, if you're a hearing person you don't get to tell d/Deaf people (or their families/friends if the d/Deaf person in question has expressed they're comfortable with it) that they're not allowed/shouldn't refer to their hearing aids/cochlear implant as their 'ears'.

"but you shouldn't because-" shut the fuck up. you don't get to speak. you don't get an opinion. you don't get to flap your gums and tell d/Deaf people what they should or shouldn't do based on your HEARING opinion.

just shut the fuck up. and NO having a d/Deaf family member, friend, or even child does not mean you get to speak on this.

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