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by esoteriq 16y ago
The more interesting question is why there is incredible pressure in Silicon Valley and other tech hubs to be successful by 30. In other professions, particularly ones that require graduate education such as law or medicine, it's almost imp
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Yes, but that doesn't refute my point. My point was sleep deprivation doesn't make better doctors or even encourage better doctors to stay. Frankly, I'm surprised that as many doctors make it through - the working conditions are pretty terr
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Does it have to be? There are only 133 Medical Schools in the U.S. and there is a marked shortage of doctors in some areas, most notably general family doctors. The only area that learning how to deal with sleep deprivation would be a benef
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Absolutely. Regulation can kill an emerging industry in its infancy. But, now I wonder - is that assumption still true? The internet has been mainstream (and I use the word loosely) for the last 10 years or so. Hell, I'm in my mid-20s and I
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Really? Interesting. All these years, I've been wondering "what in the hell do hearing people HEAR?" Good to know that perhaps my hearing is not as drastically different from others as I feared.
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by esoteriq 16y ago
You know, I was thinking about this recently. Since the operation is quite expensive (tens of thousands of dollars), insurance coverage is a must. It's hard to get insurance coverage for a new internal component if mine is still functional.
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Yeah, that comment didn't really make sense to me either. I'm fluent in ASL, and I have a working knowledge of BSL. What I can tell is that ASL is more conceptual than BSL. BSL tends to track the English language more closely. For example,
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Neat! I've never bothered to go to these websites before. Although I should point out that most people today who have cochlear implants have 22 or 24 channels, not one. I have 22 channels in one ear and 24 in the other. (You have to click t
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Sure - no problem. Just to give you some context, I got my implant in 1991, and technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since then. Cochlear implants are quite different than hearing aids. Hearing aids just amplify sounds. Cochlear impl
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by esoteriq 16y ago
Long-time lurker here - this is one of the first articles that I've felt compelled to respond to. I have a unique perspective on deafness and language. I was born profoundly deaf (so deaf that audiologists proclaimed me as the deafest child