>> ^rgroom1:

It's still kind of sad. A cochlear implant still sounds like satan speaking to you. They can only pick certain spots on the cochlea to stimulate, so the implant only allows you to hear certain frequencies. Better than nothing, but far from normal hearing. Either way, HOORAY SCIENCE!


it can be helped a lot by upgrading the firmware to have "virtual" stimulation points.

nice article about it in Wired a while back.

I've heard rumblings of similar things, but wrote it all off as completely retarded.
>> ^moodonia:

Very happy video that could warrant a controversy tag.
Seems there's a movement against these devices in the deaf community, some regard these devices as akin to eugenics or ethnic cleansing of deaf people and their culture. At least thats what I heard on signzone on BBC late one night.

Congratulations! Your comment has just received enough votes from the community to earn you 1 Power Point. Thank you for your quality contribution to VideoSift.

It's still kind of sad. A cochlear implant still sounds like satan speaking to you. They can only pick certain spots on the cochlea to stimulate, so the implant only allows you to hear certain frequencies. Better than nothing, but far from normal hearing. Either way, HOORAY SCIENCE!

Your video, 8 mo old deaf baby's reaction to cochlear implant, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

I think technology that improves physical performance will become more widely accepted as people with disabilities start surpassing the abilities of "normal" people.

Eventually prosthetic legs will be faster than natural legs, an cochlear implants will provide better hearing than a normal person without them. People with "moral" objection to body amplification will have a hard time arguing that people with disabilities shouldn't have access to such performance, and normal people will want access to a "level playing field".

By the time it is available it will seem fairly natural.

>> ^eric3579:

2. You never want electricity to flow through you.


Never say never... cochlear implants, pacemakers, deep brain stimulators, cardiac defibrillators,... electroconvulsive therapy,...