http://www.midsouthtriallawyer.com/2008/08/02/cochlear-5/ Memphis, West Tennessee, Mid South, Northern Mississippi trial attorneys - medical malpractice, Advanced Bionics cochlear implant, Reglan, Accutane, TVM transvaginal mesh attorneys Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.midsouthtriallawyer.com/2008/08/02/cochlear-5/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Jill Walters Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:15:25 +0000 http://www.midsouthtriallawyer.com/?p=277#comment-351 My son was implanted with one of the devices that was recalled. It was his second ear implanted on July 5th 2005. We had no problems with the first ear back in 2004 but not so with the second. By the end of the year my child had completely SHUT DOWN. His device didn't just stop working. We tested it over and over and advanced bionics said that it was working and so we continued to make him wear it. Everyday just got worse, he was no longer communicating AT ALL, he became non- sociable and lost his loving personality. It was like he completely withdrew himself from everything. We were seeing specialists and many doctors (worried about autism) but no one could give us answers. My husband and I finally decided to take off his recalled implant, two weeks later he started communicating again. We had to start over like we were back to day one activation. We finally convinced advanced bionics that it was the device after our audiologists did some testing of the device on her own. Then they responded with DO NOT PUT IT BACK ON HIM. Then we had to work with them and got them to agree to pay for the reimplantation in FULL. My insurance was not going to pay for a third implant. We received another advanced bionics implant on October 10th 2006. We have had no problems with the new one and my child is still working to try to get caught up. It was a long struggle and was very heartbreaking to watch my child regress like he did. He was only three at the time. The clinic were we receive care has had many more failures since our son. In most cases their devices just stopped working but not for my son. We still to this day do not know what was happening to him while he was wearing the device. All we know is that he was having some type of discomfort with it but we do not know to what degree. I will pray that your grandson doesn't ever have to go through what my son did. God Bless your Family My son was implanted with one of the devices that was recalled. It was his second ear implanted on July 5th 2005. We had no problems with the first ear back in 2004 but not so with the second. By the end of the year my child had completely SHUT DOWN. His device didn’t just stop working. We tested it over and over and advanced bionics said that it was working and so we continued to make him wear it. Everyday just got worse, he was no longer communicating AT ALL, he became non- sociable and lost his loving personality. It was like he completely withdrew himself from everything. We were seeing specialists and many doctors (worried about autism) but no one could give us answers. My husband and I finally decided to take off his recalled implant, two weeks later he started communicating again. We had to start over like we were back to day one activation. We finally convinced advanced bionics that it was the device after our audiologists did some testing of the device on her own. Then they responded with DO NOT PUT IT BACK ON HIM. Then we had to work with them and got them to agree to pay for the reimplantation in FULL. My insurance was not going to pay for a third implant. We received another advanced bionics implant on October 10th 2006. We have had no problems with the new one and my child is still working to try to get caught up. It was a long struggle and was very heartbreaking to watch my child regress like he did. He was only three at the time. The clinic were we receive care has had many more failures since our son. In most cases their devices just stopped working but not for my son. We still to this day do not know what was happening to him while he was wearing the device. All we know is that he was having some type of discomfort with it but we do not know to what degree. I will pray that your grandson doesn’t ever have to go through what my son did. God Bless your Family

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