First order, congrats to Russell on his successful surgery for his new cochlear implant. He took the time to chronicle his pre-surgery and post-surgery videos (See Pre-surgery, Post surgery, Post surgery Day #2....more?). His activation will begin this Friday and I'm sure many will be anxious to see how it goes and join in with his wife and son who both wear cochlear implant. A first and second generation family of cochlear implant users! It's like Sound and Fury all over again with another first and second generation family of cochlear implant users.
They will still be deaf but will certainly have much greater access to sound than ever before. This is not about being "disabled" but about what you can do and not about on what you cannot do. But for one deaf person to go online and do a snarky video about Russell's post-implantation results and congratulate him by calling him "disabled" raises the question on his maturity or the lack of maturity for that matter.
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What was Portland State University thinking?
Hey Carl... I copied the video into my hard drive so it won't matter when and if you decide to delete your stupidity and ignorance, for these things are written. It's gonna be a permanent mark of yours.
Immature indeed.
The nut is disabled and deaf, no better nor worst than Russell except Russell has more marbles than he does.
Marbles are very important for one to sustain logic and sanity within the cranium. ;o)
I thought it was great that Russell was able to share his experiences.
Carl,
Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers! You're contradicting yourself promoting Deaf Hate Crime and Hate Speech. You've lost many friends and all you have are students who do not know you. You're no different than John Wayne Gacy in influencing your knowledge but they won't come back for the 2nd time. You are absolutely a sick man and get yourself a help before you do any more harm than good.
Your best friend
Russell E. is very courageous to share with his adventures the life after he got the CI. I admire him for the integrity he shares with all of us. Thanks to the technology and the surgery was not too bad after all when he got out of the hospital less than 12 hours. I am looking forward many of his amazing stories ahead.
I appreciate him for the sharing with all of us.
Carl S.? He has no role model that I am looking up to. He's a boo-hoo.
White Ghost
It is unfortunate that there are Deaf people, who are really anti-cochlear implant, still bashing people like Russell Errigo. He is simply trying to educate the Deaf people about CI, which is fantastic because so many of the videos that the Deaf had made are so pessimistic rather than optimistic. I have seen so many of those especially at DVTV.
Also, the sad news is many do not understand neurology nor understand the interaction between the CI and Nervous System. One of the DVTV person, ItalianoRobert (I believed) was correct that the brain actually hears the sounds, not the ear. I was impressed that he knew the brain hears despite he is against CI and/or against Russell Errigo. I do not know which is which at this point.
I have seen Carl Schroeder's videos and had some serious concerns about his perceptions and understanding about CI. I will have to find his video about stereocilia hairs issues. He mentioned that humans had 5,000 stereocilia hairs in each ear if I recalled on one of his videos. He was grossly inaccurate and distorted the facts. I was not particular pleased with his remarks nor lack of understanding.
In reality, there are more than 30,000 stereocilia hairs in each ear. They varied on the number in each support cells. I think it is 20 to 300 stereocilia hairs in each supporting cells. We have thousands of supporting cells. Carl never explain those issues. In other words, he never go into depth like Dr. Niparko, who is one of the best researchers for Cochlear Implants. In fact, he had been doing this for over 25 years and still continuing do a lot of research as well as actually perform surgery on children for cochlear implants. Carl never mentioned anything about him. I have never seen him show any books or references about cochlear implants. In sum, it is too bad that he bashed on Russell Errigo about the cochlear implant issues.
WisDeaf
Carl,
This is a hate-crime speech TSK TSK, what had happened when you started a fire with Hate-Crime speeches. I guess your speeches are worthless.
Remember that one real good, Carl, those people have their own rights not yours. It is their business. Hey, in what grade should we teach you to respect someone else? Probably pre-school again for you?
TSK TSK,
Willy
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