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lapislzi

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22. Your understanding of cochlear implants is incorrect.

Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:56 AM

Sep 2016

They are not "hearing aids" in the traditional sense of the term. A hearing aid amplifies the sound going into your ear and down the auditory nerve. Cochlear implants bypass the auditory nerve completely. They are implanted in your brain to receive sound as a substitute for the auditory nerve, which is severed during the implantation surgery. The receiver is fixed to the scalp via a magnet inside your head. After implantation, the user works with a therapist to reprogram the brain to "understand" the sound coming in.

However, you're correct that when the device is disconnected or otherwise not in use, the user is completely deaf. Total silence. Would not hear a fire alarm going off next to their own head. It's vital to keep the batteries fresh and charged at all times.

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I see the school is "investigating." Warpy Sep 2016 #1

Administrators tolerate bullying kevink077 Sep 2016 #15

they should be arrested and prosecuted. Mariana Sep 2016 #20

Lemme guess.... Athletes? Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #41

Here is a follow up story exboyfil Sep 2016 #2

That was very valuable property dhol82 Sep 2016 #5

I looked it up. They're cheap. jmowreader Sep 2016 #10

I wear two cochlear implants and you are probably wrong GobBluth Sep 2016 #18

Your understanding of cochlear implants is incorrect. lapislzi Sep 2016 #22

He also had a tablet in his back pack. LisaL Sep 2016 #40

We can definitely agree destroying the tablet pushes this into felony territory jmowreader Sep 2016 #42

One of those bullies might run for President someday. world wide wally Sep 2016 #3

That someday is today, at Honeywell. KamaAina Sep 2016 #9

America Loves Bullies Calculating Sep 2016 #4

This is why we pulled our son out of the SFUSD RandySF Sep 2016 #6

The principal may have been thinking "that will toughen him up". that's the attitude of some Liberal_in_LA Sep 2016 #8

I think they just give up. RandySF Sep 2016 #13

I Don't See Anything Wrong With That ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #24

Yes, when bullying is that bad, authority figures are likely complicit. NT Jerry442 Sep 2016 #26

+1, they should also pay for the consequences uponit7771 Sep 2016 #33

horrible Liberal_in_LA Sep 2016 #7

God, WTF is wrong with some people? Initech Sep 2016 #11

It called bad parenting Pakid Sep 2016 #17

Also poor education. Initech Sep 2016 #19

I have a question for you Bluzmann57 Sep 2016 #30

And, in other news, LWolf Sep 2016 #12

Nice story Bluzmann57 Sep 2016 #31

Yes. LWolf Sep 2016 #44

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Same as it ever was, bullied for the unforgivable crime of being different MotorCityMan Sep 2016 #21

It is heartbreaking mountain grammy Sep 2016 #23

Charge the two teens with criminal mischief flying-skeleton Sep 2016 #16

Assault is a crime. HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #25

I'm not for criminalizing kids behavior at school, but this is an exception Renew Deal Sep 2016 #27

agreed etherealtruth Sep 2016 #34

This is not criminalizing kids' behavior at school. Mariana Sep 2016 #37

Does that include you and your kids? Renew Deal Sep 2016 #38

Of course. Mariana Sep 2016 #39

ZeroTolerance� = Bullies-in-charge. You GOT THAT? Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #28

Cue the Hillary ad about Trump bullying and kids watching Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #29

Ugh. This is despicable. HuckleB Sep 2016 #32

That last sentence isn't fair B2G Sep 2016 #35

It sounds like they have a good value system at that school. lpbk2713 Sep 2016 #36

Future Republicans--whose parents will be voting yuiyoshida Sep 2016 #43