Richard Pocker*

Producer of the Cochlear Implant Basics Website and Bilateral CI Warrior Facebook Site, USA

*Corresponding Author: Richard Pocker, Producer of the Cochlear Implant Basics Website and Bilateral CI Warrior Facebook Site, USA.

Received: June 05, 2021; Published: June 23, 2021

  The author had a progressive hearing loss from the age of seven as a possible result of Scarlet Fever. He wore hearing aids until he experiences a sudden, total collapse of his residual hearing when he was 30. He was totally deaf, depended on lip reading for 35 years. He received bilateral cochlear implant surgery before his 65th birthday. His speech comprehension went from zero to 85% with rehabilitation.

References

1. Cochlearimplantbasics.com
2. Facebook site: Bilateral CI Warrior.
3. Cochlear Implant Basics: An Introduction Guide for Medical Professionals - YouTube.

Citation

Citation: Richard Pocker., et al. “Cochlear Implant Myths Dispelled". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 3.7 (2021): 46-48.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Richard Pocker., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.