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From: Kelly Pierce <[log in to unmask]>

    [...snip...]
>  There's always the last
> resort - the cochlear implant. It's the last thing they do, because it's
> irreversible.
> Once you do that, you're finished, and if it doesn't work, then nothing
> they can do to go back and put you back the way you were.
>
> So you must wait until you are entirely deaf for approval for this. I
> mean, the FDA even gets involved in this, because it's surgery which
> involves the
> brain. I have not yet spoken to people who have received cochlear
> implants, but I've talked to a number of doctors who say that it would be

     You would think he would at least get the correct information.  Some of
what Limbaugh said above, the part about waiting until all hearing is gone
and the implant being irreversible, is outdated information.  Also the
operation does not involve the brain.  The electrodes from the implant are
inserted in the cochlear in back of the ear.  Apparently none of the doctors
he has talked to are implant specialists and they have not kept up with
current CI developments.
     Some people from the C I email list that I follow (I have a C I) are
going to e-mail Limbaugh and try to set him straight.  Hopefully he will get
his fat head to a implant specialist soon.


  Stu Turk,  Pittsburgh PA  USA
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