HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MA8Fs9zIxPM Video by the inventor of the sound bridge. He has had himself implanted as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 That was pretty cool. Can't say that I know too many people that would opt for local anesthesia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 And Bonebridge too Kara. Great video - great people: Mr. Ball and Prof. Mlynski as well. Mr. Ball discussed very thoroughly in his autobiography book how his life leaded him toward his invention - and how, by the twist of nature and really great stories, his invention almost was condemned to fail. Then - a great twist of fate came...;I) we have already talked about it in the Bonebridge section - http://forum.hearpeers.com/index.php?/topic/395-awarded-inventor-geoffrey-r-ball/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 That was pretty cool. Can't say that I know too many people that would opt for local anesthesia. Well, from the surgical point of view it's like stapedotomy. But, I agree - to be in peace all the time during the operation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Amazing how what can be perceived as a bad thing can end up helping so many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Bad thing? I don't follow you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 His personal hearing loss and isolation led him on a quest to fix it. Ivana Marinac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 14, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I felt quite moved by the video. It feels more real somehow not just someone inventing something for others but for himself also!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Some people would consider losing your hearing bad or at the least very challenging. Sometimes these challenging times brings out something in us that can help impact many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 His personal hearing loss and isolation led him on a quest to fix it. Tnx for clarification MB! Actually it started so accidently that you can't believe while you read the book: he accidently saw an advertise that Stanford University offered an assistant position. He actually found out at the conversation for a job that a person in front of him is a legendary Prof. Goode who was involved in many researches and at the same time surgeon at the Otolaryngology Clinic. I have read even some papers about conductive hearing loss from him or from the group who worked over summer in his laboratories at STanford. Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Some people would consider losing your hearing bad or at the least very challenging. Sometimes these challenging times brings out something in us that can help impact many. Sorry Adam - I didn't know what did you mean by bad thing... I understand the implications... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Ivana, What's the title of his autobiography ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Sandy Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 That was cool. Adam, when I had hip replacement, I was awake during both the surgery. Just glad I hadn't had the CI at that time. I didn't have to hear what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 15, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yeah I am not sure how that would go. Did the give you a spinal Sandy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Kara, I sures heck hope they did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Sandy, I guess it is all a matter of perspective. What are you going to do with the cards you are dealt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Ivana, What's the title of his autobiography ? "No more laughing to the deaf boy" - I got it thankfully to the curtesy of Med-EL directly. I am not sure if it is on the free market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Mr. Ball was already operated before so the approach already exists - it was just needed to raise the flap and approach to the ossicles chain. Approach for implanting Soundbridge is largely the approach for a cochlear implant either you approach to the chain or surgeon decide to implant the FMT directly to the round window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 15, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Make sense Ivana. And Adam I agree!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 15, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Orthopaedic surgery can be very brutal. I watched few a long time ago. It was a broken femur upper leg bone. They used chains and drills and a lot manual manipulation!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 ) Yes most are not delicate procedures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 15, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 For sure!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 15, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks Ivana, I found it used and it will arrive in a week. Mary Beth Ivana Marinac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 16, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Make sense Ivana. And Adam I agree!! These days I am completely lost, pardon me but I don't follow you - what makes sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 16, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Thanks Ivana, I found it used and it will arrive in a week. Mary Beth Excellent, although I got a copy much earlier it waited until I have passed my exams. To me, the book is very interesting - an amazing life path which was mold by incredibly logical circumstances. Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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