The waiting suspense in the last two weeks has been killing me known as The Dead Silence Zone. I am slowly getting my balance back and walking bit faster now. In the mean time I have been researching and reading scientific research about cochlear implant especially bilateral cochlear implants in adults.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0206-two_ears_are_better_than_one.htm
http://deafness.about.com/od/cochlearimplants/a/bilaterals.htm
www.cochlearamericas.com/pdfs/outcomes_using_bilateral.pdf
The main conclusion from published studies indicate improved understanding in noise and sound localization.
Interesting fact 3500 bilateral cochlear implant patients worldwide (Lustig & Wackym, 2005)
A fast growing trend is that there are over 4000 nucleus bilateral cochlear implant recipients
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