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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (18136)	10/9/2001 1:16:38 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

I hope everything works out for him. I agree, things are happening fast. they did for me too at the beginning 15 years ago when I had my first vertigo attacks, bam and my hearing and balance was going quickly, but my hearing loss took 5 years before it was real bad. I was able to follow the cochlear implant technology for 10 years before I made the decession too. It would be shocking to have it all happen in a matter of months. There are a few people on the cochlear implant e mail forum that I'm part of that do not want him to get implanted, for fear he would, (their words) spew lies if it didn't work. They must not be fans. <g> no time to spell check, got to go, tata B

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (18136)	10/11/2001 3:14:47 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 59480

John Fund with an informative article about Rush, Implants, etc: . . . "In 1990, the implant's outside semiconductor receiver was the size of a cordless telephone," Mr. Saracino says. "By 1999, it was the size of a pager I could wear on my belt, and now there are models that are just a bit larger than a hearing aid that you can wear behind your ear." In March 1999, Mr. Saracino received his implant; it took a month for his ear to heal enough to activate the device. For the first few days he found it difficult to process speech or TV broadcasts, but the clinic fine-tuned the device. After about three months, he had what he estimates is 85% to 90% of his hearing restored. Voices may sometimes seem metallic or tinny, and he can't appreciate music. But he says that's a small price to pay: "I feel incredibly blessed, and am an evangelist for this technology. Since it involves computer science as much as it does medicine, the devices continue to become more sophisticated and smaller all the time. At this rate, maybe we'll have a bionic ear someday." . . . opinionjournal.com