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From: IJJT500@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (Mike Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: Genetic Engineering
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Date: 10 Apr 91 05:04:41 GMT
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Ann,

I was there when the NAD was debating their position.  While I do
not fully agree with what was produced, one overiding factor has
been the safety factor.  We consulted Independent Experts and found
that there are major risks in the procedure used in implants that
aren't currently addressed.  Also, after meeting with some of the
test cases for implants the benefits derived do not free up the
person and give them sufficient levels of hearing as the producers
would lead you to believe.  It is sufficient to get basic
environmental sounds.  The technology that we are looking at
officially supporting and that I encourage is the digital filtering
tymbalic implants.  Much safer, less expensive when developed, just
as convient and probably more effective but more research needs to
be done