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Originally posted by MikeyN however there are cochlear implants, i think that surgery replaces the little hairs that have fallen over.

Nope. Cochlear implants are basically devices that send sound signals directly to the auditory nerve. They're made up of a microphone, a transmitter, and a sound processor. Hearing with these implants is not the same as regular hearing.

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Originally posted by jennypie The standing up bit. The hairs are nerve fibres, and once they're damaged, there's nothing that can be done about it. Whether they're erect or not has nothing to do with it.

Nerve fibres are not hair cells. The inner ear has inner hair cells, outer hair cells and nerve fibres aswell. if the hair cells dissapeared as a result of a hearing loss, then how would a hearing aid work?? the hairs are still present after you loose your hearing, however they are not as stiff as they once were

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Originally posted by jennypie Nope. Cochlear implants are basically devices that send sound signals directly to the auditory nerve. They're made up of a microphone, a transmitter, and a sound processor. Hearing with these implants is not the same as regular hearing.

thank you for clarification jennypie

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Originally posted by Rook Nerve fibres are not hair cells. The inner ear has inner hair cells, outer hair cells and nerve fibres aswell. if the hair cells dissapeared as a result of a hearing loss, then how would a hearing aid work?? the hairs are still present after you loose your hearing, however they are not as stiff as they once were

Buddy, you can argue with me all you want...but I took a course on hearing loss for nursing and know what I'm talking about.

All hearing aids do is amplify sounds.

If you really want me to give you anatomy and physiology lesson on the ear and hearing, you can come over to my house and I'll go through the relevant chapters in my texts with you, lol.

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Originally posted by jennypie Buddy, you can argue with me all you want...but I took a course on hearing loss for nursing and know what I'm talking about. All hearing aids do is amplify sounds. If you really want me to give you anatomy and physiology lesson on the ear and hearing, you can come over to my house and I'll go through the relevant chapters in my texts with you, lol.

who's arguing?? you took a course..?? im in a program focused on hearing loss.

yes hearing aids amplify sounds, which means that the ability to hear is still there, thus proving the inner/outer hair cells are still in existance and are not destructed.

what would you teach me..? you thought hair cells were nerve fibres

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Originally posted by jennypie The standing up bit. The hairs are nerve fibres, and once they're damaged, there's nothing that can be done about it. Whether they're erect or not has nothing to do with it.

Hurray for stem cell research!

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Originally posted by Rook im in a program focused on hearing loss.

LOL, yeah right.

And no, I don't think hair cells are nerve fibres...I was saying that the "hair cells" you guys are referring to are actually nerve fibres, and yes..once they're damaged, there's nothing that can be done to restore their function.


LOL...in a program...ahahahahaha. Seriously..come on over and look through my books, lol.

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Originally posted by jennypie Seriously..come on over

lol if only every girl said that to me

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Originally posted by Rook if you can get them to re-erect some how, then your problem is solved.

Tell me about it. that's what my last two girlfriends told me

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haha

I've used the general orange ones, the ER-20s, and now I have custom molded ones. The custom molded plugs were about $200 total, but if you go out as often as I do, I think it's really worth the price tag.