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What Type of Hearing Loss do Cochlear Implants Help?
Living with hearing loss can be challenging, but thanks to advancements in technology, there are innovative solutions available to improve the quality of life for those experiencing deafness or hearing impairment. One such solution gaining popularity is cochlear implants. In this blog article, we will explore the different types of hearing loss that cochlear implants can effectively assist with, empowering individuals to regain their hearing abilities and enjoy a fuller, more vibrant life. So, What Type of Hearing Loss do Cochlear Implants Help?
List of Cochlear Implants that can help
- Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants:
Cochlear implants have emerged as remarkable devices that provide a profound hearing experience for individuals with sensorineural hearing loss, which is the most common type of hearing loss. This condition affects the inner ear or the auditory nerve, hindering proper sound signal transmission to the brain. Cochlear implants bypass damaged hair cells in the inner ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve, enabling individuals to perceive sound more clearly and effectively.
- Mixed Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants:
Mixed hearing loss refers to a combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss. While traditional hearing aids may help with the conductive aspect by amplifying sound, they are often ineffective for sensorineural hearing loss. Cochlear implants, on the other hand, are designed to address both types simultaneously. By bypassing damaged parts of the ear and directly stimulating the auditory nerve, cochlear implants provide an effective solution even for individuals with mixed hearing loss, leading to significant improvements in hearing abilities.
- Single-Sided Deafness (SSD) and Cochlear Implants:
Single-sided deafness is a condition where an individual experiences complete hearing loss in one ear. This can have a significant impact on their ability to locate sounds and engage in conversations, making daily tasks challenging. Cochlear implants have shown great promise in such cases by allowing individuals to regain some level of binaural hearing. Cochlear implantation on the deaf side and preserving the natural hearing on the other ear through hearing aids or bone conduction devices creates a balanced hearing experience, improving sound localization and overall hearing capabilities.
Conclusion
Cochlear implants are truly a breakthrough in helping individuals with various types of hearing loss. Whether it’s sensorineural, mixed, or single-sided deafness, cochlear implants offer a life-changing solution that significantly improves hearing abilities and allows for a more complete engagement with the world of sound. By considering cochlear implants, deaf people and those with hearing impairments can regain the joy of hearing and embrace a more fulfilling life.
Remember, it’s vital to consult with a certified audiologist or otologist before making any decisions regarding cochlear implants. These professionals can provide personalized evaluations and guide you through the entire journey, ensuring the best possible outcome for your unique hearing needs.
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Her signing seems to be crisp & clear.
I've recently tried canal hearing devices and they sound like an intercom, and while the person's voice was clear, their voice seemed to come from a completely different direction, and it's difficult for me to calibrate. I'm learning sign for under six months and it's an amazing journey, and quietness adds immensely to the experience~
My cousin was staunchly opposed against cochlear implants, until his mother pleaded with him to get one since she wanted him to hear music and his family's voices. Now he says that he still sees why so many deaf people are opposed to them, but he believes they too would change their minds "if only they truly knew what they were missing."
She is inspiring lady
I’m glad we got to see Marlee’s opinion on how she feels about cochlear implants!
I think ASL is beautiful. There is a school near where I live. Deaf students fill the coffee shop in the evenings. Its full 9f people, but very quiet. Everyone having animated conversations in sign language. Its a very honest language. No words to hide behind!
The translator is so smooth
She can speak. She also has a cochlear implant.
@00:30 Funny coming from a person who needs to have someone translating for you so you can effectively communicate with a large audience. How many deaf people can afford that? The real question is how do you best integrate a fractional minority of people into a larger society, when they cannot effectively communicate with most people? The most obvious way is to help them in the area where they are most deficient, which is giving them hearing, which hopefully develops into language and higher literacy. Sadly, this means that many older deaf people will not benefit. And this is the reaction to that- claims of erasure.
I love Marlene, BUT WHO THE FUCK IS SHE TO DECIDE FOR THE PARENTS OF DEAF KIDS? Let the parents decide. Cochlear implants will go down as one of the greatest technological advancements in human history.
Remain deaf see if I care
i love her insight!! i love her in general! saw her first in deaf west’s spring awakening and loved her ever sense!
what the fuck is she talking about…..People if you can do the implant and hear and do it….of course, the community is important but you are missing a huge part of the world. I don't know how it is to live without hearing but if you have a choice or your kid has a choice and you deny that…this is beyond stupid.
Still fine till this day
Marlee slays. She communicates so eloquently. Btw, who was the woman on the panel who spoke at 2:05 ? I found her quite jarring and not at all empathetic.
I am hearing, my mom introduced me into asl and it is so horrible how people think that cochlear implants is a priority and to decide if our kids have to go through this. Why can’t hearing parents take that effort to communicate with their children instead of suffering through a surgery? “Because it’s for their own good” I keep hearing. I may have a bad analogy to this but it’s like we have to wait until we make our own choices. Either good or bad that what we have to deal with as adults. Sign Language is a beautiful language. Yes, cochlear implants can help but not everyone wants it. Everyone is unique and have their own strength what they choose.
The translator, or orator (I don't know the nomenclature), is amazing. Able to read and instantly speak with the perfect inflection. I could have been convinced he was just speaking his own words. I admire that skill in actors and they have practice, but this is basically sight reading perfect intonation. Very impressive.
I'm not deaf, but I'm a bit confused. Why wouldn't you be able to learn ASL and be part of the same community and get a cochlear implant?
I mean I totally agree that we shouldn't force anyone, but I'm just a bit confused as to why you would lose your culture.
She had a choice for sign language and speak too. because she likes to speak to hearing person. I can speak English in second language but, but not professional speak. I had my American sign language in first language because I used my visual to understand pictures to explained and I can read too. I have level reading of 19 right now. I graduated from high school level reading of 15. BUT we already development ASL already for since childhood for long time. It is matter to us can hear or not. We have a right chosen by ourselves to be comfortable and satisfied. I am so lucky because I had my right chosen so, no one take me down for my identify. I know that they tried taken control powerful to us but some of us we did overcome them and right to speak up. Doctor should not be creativity to disabilities individual as assume on their option. I think this is very damaged on the brain surgery to lose taste, paralysis, damaged nervous, and more etc. It can be cause from CI. I did lecture about deaf community supports and against CI and also, explained to CI what looks like inside for CI in my Comp 1.
It's interesting that she is making an argument that we hearing people don't know what's best for the deaf because we don't know what it's like to be deaf – But the same could be said for the opposite. Who are the deaf to decide that NOT hearing is better, especially if they've never experienced hearing?
Marlee, go, girl. I agree
I'm cochlear implant patient, I wasn't expecting these kinds of issues with opposition against cochlear implant technologies from the deaf community because I don't even know any of country based sign languages as the first language or mother tongue but instead my English speaking was a part of my first language. I started learning since after I got cochlear implant surgery when I was 2 years old due to gene issues lead to complete deaf in both ears. 😂
Until then, everything is going normal with my hearing experiences but still I do have different types of issues related to causes of (hard of hearing) or device problems in which can be addressed by many different types of solutions but however with the many observations where professor and engineers have learnt could improve their future technology in order to guarantee the normal hearing and prevent risks of surgery for all future deaf people to learn hearing easily instead of spreading the range of sign languages to deaf communities in wide group unnecessary despite of increasing rate of deaf in newborn/adults due to gene issues or many others, I'm just assuming it.🤔
Most importantly thing is that, in case if my device is not working, I use lip reading as second language as alternative ways to communicate or either use second temporary hearing device for emergency purposes.🆘️
She is beautiful 😍🤩
She can speak. I don’t know why she is just signing. She has a cochlear implant bc she wanted to hear her children.
I do find it a little heartbreaking when hearing parents will take that choice away from their deaf babies. Removing them from a culture just because they don’t want to work to be a part of that culture, it’s a really good way to ostracize your deaf child from the hearing and the deaf
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting the 5 senses we should have. Smh
She was featured in Quantico Season 3. Really loved her scenes.
I would rather have the cochlear implants then help others that want to hear music and their environment while teaching those that are still deaf my super cool way of doing sign language while deciding if they want to hear or not. I'm just saying.
This in credible! How can a person "sign" such complex words and phrases. INGENIOUS!
Wow!!!! Way to go =D
She has cochlear implants.
Why is this woman still around? She won an Oscar that Sigourney was robbed of eons ago and has done nothing since. You peaked in your 20s Marlee. Go away.
OMG! I love this woman she's such an inspiration to our Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Watching from London UK.
Well said ms. Matlin. I am deaf.
Iam deaf, but I have 2 cochlear Implants 🥺
Sign Language is not international…. so… where are then the subtitles?
Why is a man interpreting for her?!