Wetin na di Kɔklia Implant? Lɛ wi tɔk simpul wan.

Sawnd na impɔtant tin na wi layf. Di vɔys fɔ pɔsin we wi lɛk, wan fayn siŋ, di laf we smɔl pikin de laf... Ɔl dɛn tin ya de briŋ big gladi at na wi layf. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, we wi de ol ɔ bikɔs ɔf ɔda mɛrɛsin, wi kin lɔs dɛn fayn fayn sawnd dɛn ya smɔl smɔl. Fɔ sɔm, fɔ yuz ‘Hearing Aid’ kin sɔlv di prɔblɛm. Bɔt fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn, ivin if dɛn gɛt tin fɔ ɛp fɔ yɛri, i nɔ kin izi fɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn de tɔk klia wan. Na insay dɛn kayn kayn tin ya we dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɔk bɔt wan teknɔlɔji we dɛn kɔl ‘Cochlear Implant’. So tide, wi go tok abaut evritin abaut dis, rili simpul, fo langwej we mi and yu fit andastan.

Wetin rili na kɔklia implant?

Bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink se dis na di sem tin wit ɛp fɔ yɛri. Bɔt dat rili rɔng. Dis na tu kɔmplit difrɛn divays dɛn we de wok difrɛn we dɛn.

• Ɛp fɔ Yɛri: Tink bɔt am lɛk maykrofon. I kin pik sawnd dɛn we de na di say we wi de, i kin mek dɛn big, ɛn sɛn dɛn na di yes. Dat min se, wan tin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ yɛri kin jɔs yus if di pat dɛn na di yes we kin kech sawnd de wok fayn.

• Cochlear Implant: Dis na tin we rili kɔmpleks. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i de baypas di pat dɛn na di yes we dɔn pwɛl ɛn sɛn sawnd signal dɛn dairekt to di ɔditory nerve, we kɔnɛkt to di bren. I tan lɛk se yu de bil nyu rod usay brok rod de.

Dɛn kin advays dis divays fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt siriɔs to dip dip fɔ yɛri , ɔ fɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ de bɛnifit bɔku frɔm di tin dɛn we dɛn de yuz fɔ yɛri. Pan ɔl we i nɔ go mek yu yɛri bak 100% pan yu we yu dɔn lɔs , i kin rili ɛp yu fɔ ɔndastand aw yu de tɔk ɛn no di sawnd dɛn we de rawnd yu.

Aw dis smɔl tin de du dis kayn big wok?

Fɔ ɔndastand aw dis kin wok, wi fɔ ɔndastand fɔs aw wi kin yɛri. We sawnd rich wi yes, i kin travul go na wan pat we tan lɛk snɛl insay di yes we dɛn kɔl kɔklia . insay dis kכklia, tכn tכn fכ rili fayn, lεk ia sεns sεl dεm (sεns hεr sεl dεm) de. na dεn sεl dεm ya de kכnvכlt sawnd vaybreshכn to ilektrikal signal dεm we di bren kin כndastand. Bɔku tɛm, di we aw dɛn kin yɛri kin apin we dɛn sɛns sɛl ya dɔn pwɛl.

Wan kɔklia implant de tek di ples fɔ di wok we dɛn sɛl dɛn ya we dɔn pwɛl de du. I gɛt tu pat dɛn:

1. Di pat we de na do: Dis gɛt maykrofon, sawnd prɔsesɔ, ɛn transmita.

2. Di pat we dεn de כpכt: Dis gεt risiva εn εlektrod dεm.

Naw lɛ wi si aw dis kin wok stɛp bay stɛp:

• Step 1: Di maykrofon we yu wɛr biɛn yu yes de pik ambient sawnd dɛn.
• Step 2: Dɛn sawnd dɛn de go na di sawnd prɔsesɔ we yu wɛr ɛn dɛn kin chenj to dijital signal.
• Step 3: Dɛn kin sɛn dɛn dijital signal ya to wan transmita we dɛn tay pan di skel bay wan magnet.
• Step 4: Di transmita de sɛn di signal dɛn to di risiva , we dɛn kin ɔpreshɔn ɔnda di skin.
• Step 5: di risiva de sεnd dεn signal dεm to εlektrod dεm we dεn put insay di kכklia.
• Step 6: Dɛn ilɛktrɔd ya de mek di ɔditɔri nɛv wok dairekt wan .
• Step 7: Fɔ dɔn, di ɔditory nerve de kɛr dɛn signal dɛn de go na di bren, we de intaprit dɛn as tɔk, myuzik, ɔ ɔda sawnd dɛn.

Wetin kin apin afta di ɔpreshɔn ɛn afta dat?

Dis na tu pat: fɔs di ɔpreshɔn, dɔn di divays aktiveshɔn.

Ɔpreshɔn

Bɔku tɛm, na pɔsin we sabi bɔt yes , nos, ɛn trot (otolaryngologist) kin du dis.

• Fɔs, dɛn go put yu ɔnda jenɛral anestezi , so yu nɔ go fil natin.
• Dɔn di dɔktɔ kin kɔt smɔl biɛn di yes ɛn mek wan rili smɔl ol na di skel bon.
• Na tru da ol de dɛn kin tek tɛm put di insay pat dɛn na di divays (di risiva ɛn di ilɛktrɔd dɛn).
• fכ finish, dεn kin kכloz di say we dεn kכl am bay we dεn de yuz stich dεm we dεn kin sכlv.

Dis nɔto big ɔpreshɔn. Bɔrku tɛm, yu kin go na os di sem ivintɛm (outpatient procedure).

Divays Aktiveshɔn

Lɛk tu wiks afta di ɔpreshɔn, we di say we dɛn kɔt dɔn wɛl, dɛn go aks yu fɔ kam bak. Na da tɛm de dis wɔndaful tin go bigin fɔ wok fɔ di fɔs tɛm. Na wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de yɛri kin du dis.

• Dɔn, dɛn go yuz magnet fɔ tay di ɔda pat na yu ed.
• Dɔn, ɔn am ɛn ajɔst/map di divays to di sawnd dɛn we yu de yɛri.
• Di sawnd dɛn kin strenj smɔl fɔs, bɔt as tɛm de go yu bren go ajɔst to dis nyu we.

Wetin na di bɛnifit ɛn prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin?

Jɔs lɛk ɛni ɔda tritmɛnt, bɛnifit dɛn de ɛn di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin to am rili smɔl. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, di bɛnifit dɛn kin pas di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin fa fawe. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin na dɛn tin dɛn de.

Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ ajɔst to dis?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we rili impɔtant. Nɔ ɛkspɛkt ɔltin fɔ saund klia ɛn nɔmal rayt afta yu gɛt kɔklia implant. Yu bren nid fɔ lan bak aw fɔ ɛksplen dɛn nyu sayn dɛn ya.

Fɔs, mɔ fɔ ol pipul dɛn, di vɔys dɛn kin tan lɛk rɔbɔt (mɛkanikal). Bɔt nɔ wɔri. As tɛm de go ɛn tren dɛn fayn fayn wan, dis go dɔnawe ɛn di sawnd dɛn go bi mɔ natura.

Bɔku tɛm, yu go si se yu yɛri fayn fayn wan insay wan mɔnt afta yu dɔn yuz di divays. I kin tek 3 to 6 mɔnt fɔ rili bɛnifit frɔm am. Insay dis tɛm, i impɔtant fɔ tek pat pan ɔditɔri rihabiliteshɔn wit ɔdiɔlɔjis ɔ tɔk-langwej patɔlɔjis. Di kɔmitmɛnt we yu gɛt go sho di tin dɛn we go apin.

Wetin dɛn kin du fɔ mek dis waka izi?

Fɔ mek yu gɛt di bɛst pan dis tritmɛnt, yu nid fɔ gɛt sɔm kɔmitmɛnt.

• Wear di divays ɔltɛm: Wear di ɔda pat pan di divays klos to ɛvri tɛm we yu wek. Dis go ɛp yu bren fɔ yus to am kwik kwik wan.
• Mek shɔ se yu atɛnd di trenin seshɔn dɛn: Fɔ fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we di dɔktɔ ɛn di pɔsin we de mɛn yu gi yu.
• No wetin yu nɔ ebul fɔ du: Yu fɔ pul di pat we de na do we yu de was ɔ swim. Dɔn bak, i bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu nɔ de wit kɔntakt spɔt dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit fɔ blo yu ed tranga wan. If dɛn bit yu, di pat we de insay kin pwɛl.
• Ɛnjɔy nyu chans dɛn: Dis nɔto sɔntin we de ambɔg yu layf. Bifo dat, na chans fɔ kɔnɛkt bak wit di wɔl we yu dɔn mis. Yuz dis chans fayn fayn wan fɔ tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn ɛn fɔ de wit ɔda pipul dɛn.

Ustɛm yu nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Afta dɛn dɔn put di divays, yu go gɛt pipul dɛn we de fala yu ɔltɛm. Bɔt if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, yu fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm .

• If yu notis se yu yɛri chenj wantɛm wantɛm.
• If yu gɛt pen na yu yes ɔ yu nɔ de fil fayn.
• If di say we dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn rɛd, swel, fiva, ɔ wata we tan lɛk pus de kɔmɔt (dɛn kin bi sayn dɛn fɔ se yu gɛt di sik).
• If yu get wan had blow fo di ed.