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Cochlear Implants allow people to be a part of both the Deaf and hearing communities. -Mary Mansour

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May not be able to have some medical examinations

Will have to be careful of static electrcity

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Gives a deaf person a better chance in the world- Nikki Dibartolomeo

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very useful and have more opportunities -Sara lagonegro

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Cochlear Implants provide better opportunities for this children of the world. -Milena Petrosyan

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Cochlear implants are good because they provide more opportunities for the deaf

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More than 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants. -Mary Tebbe

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Cochlear implants help your child have better opportunities. - Blake Quinteros

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General anesthesia is drug-induced sleep. The drugs, such as anesthetic gases and injected drugs, may affect people differently. For most people, the risk of general anesthesia is very low. However, for some people with certain medical conditions, it is more risky.

information acquired at http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/CochlearImplants/ucm062843.htm

-Eddie Curren

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Cochlear implantation has become a routine procedure in the United States and worldwide for the management of severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss. The decision to embark upon cochlear implantation is made either by the patient (if adult) or by the parents or caregivers of a child. The 60- to 75-minute procedure is well tolerated and routinely performed on an outpatient basis in both adults and children.

The team concept in cochlear implant evaluation allows for an exchange of information between the surgeon and other members of the implant and rehabilitation process, including audiologists, speech and language therapists, social workers, and psychologists. Typically, the patient is referred to a cochlear implant center, and initial contact is made. The patient may first be seen and identified as an implant candidate by an audiologist. Hence, a patient can enter the evaluation process in a number of different ways. Nonetheless, various issues are taken into consideration, including medical aspects of the patient's history, the audiologic evaluation, and radiographic studies.

An image depicting cochlear implant surgery can be seen below.

Postauricular incision for cochlear implant.

Although the team evaluation concept is explained at greater length in the Indications section, it is notable because it allows for proper selection of patients, the continuous flow of pertinent dialogue, and the promotion of realistic expectations on the part of the patient and the patient's family.

The evaluation process used by the authors at the implant center at the Case Medical Center/University Hospitals of Cleveland and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital is summarized below. At the time of the medical evaluation, the patient's general medical history and issues regarding hearing loss are reviewed. A complete neuro-otologic and otolaryngologic examination is performed, and obvious conditions (eg, tympanic membrane perforation, chronic otitis media, congenital anomalies) are noted. The patient's history is reviewed to establish the potential etiology of the hearing loss. Audiologic tests are reviewed and repeated as necessary. Once the patient is deemed to be a potential cochlear implant candidate, the various cochlear implant options are discussed, and audiologic evaluation commences.

Typically, the audiologist measures the patient's hearing with and without hearing aids. Evaluation with pure-tone audiometry and auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing (in the case of children) is often performed. Otoacoustic emission (OAE) testing complements these studies; OAE results often indicate the need for a trial of newer and sometimes stronger hearing aids.

A CT scan is obtained to evaluate the status of the cochlea and to establish the presence of a patent (nonossified) cochlea or to identify a common cavity, Mondini dysplasia, enlarged vestibular aqueduct, or an ossified cochlea. In some cases, an MRI is used instead of the CT when questions exist regarding the presence of the eight nerve or severe ossification. In children and young adults, speech and language evaluation and educational placement discussions are performed next. Finally, a psychosocial evaluation is completed. Once a patient has been evaluated, a team meeting commences to recommend cochlear implantation advice. If the patient is cleared for cochlear implantation, the patient proceeds with preoperative medical clearance, chooses a cochlear implant device, and proceeds with surgery.

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Cochlear implantation has become a routine procedure in the United States and worldwide for the management of severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss. The decision to embark upon cochlear implantation is made either by the patient (if adult) or by the parents or caregivers of a child.

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I am for cochlear implants to communicate with both hearing and deaf world (McKenna Leonard)

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Even with a Cochlear implant, you still cannot fully hear.
-Jackie Robles

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I am against cochlear implnats because they require painful surgery (Arman Gabrielian)

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cochlear implants requires a painful surgery and recovery as well as years of speech therapy (Cristina Contreras)

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For cochlear implants for better opportunities and being part of a bigger community - Samir Malhotra

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Jonathan Russo
Cochlear Implant are good for children it helps them connect to all communities.

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against cochlear implants- Alex Gevorkian

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against cochlear implants- Alex Gevorkian

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cochlear implants will scar a little baby for life and nobody wants their child to have surgeries every so often. - Alex Gevorkian

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Cochlear Implant surgery is costly and may cause severe infections

-Lucine

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I AM FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS BECAUSE THEY HELP THE DEAF COMMUNITY IN A GOOD WAY! - JO to the E
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Babies are deprived of learning their natural language (ASL) by getting cochlear implants at a young age (Julia Natividad)

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cochlear helps give people a chance for a new life -ulises melende

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cochlear implants help people that are deaf hear and get the best of both worlds. - Kenneth Rovira

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people should get cochlear implants so they can communicate with deaf people and hearing people -Arman Ekmekchian

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Cochlear implants go against everything we have learned in the past two years in ASL. As a part of the deaf community we need keep it in tact. Nikki Howell

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Cochlear implants are bad. ruining deaf culture - AJ Rivera

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Cochlear implants requires severeal severe surgeries. -Andrew Maldonado

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Cochlear Implants can result to many risks and infections such as Meningitis, attacks of vertigo and Tinnitus. (Cam V.)

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I'm pro cochlear implants because its safer to hear some sounds than to not hear any. i.e Ambulance or Car honk - Elina Hakoyan

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im against this because it is destroying a culture cole barton (cole_1422)

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Cochlear implants make the deaf community go even more unnoticed. Naomi Deveaux

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Cochlear Implants let kids not only be in the deaf world but also the hearing. Why limit your kid? -Steven Galstian

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Cochlear implants require several surgeries throughout ones life in order to prevent health complications.
Cristine Khachatoorians.

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Cochlear implants give deaf people a false sense of hope.  (Adena Hartooni)

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I am against CI because it will destroy the Deaf community! (Arby Tacub)