I would like to be able to hear - I think! When I got my digital aids it was a
shock and I was traumatised for ages by hearing noises I had not heard for
years. I am not sure I want to hear everything, but I would dearly love to hear
some things better- speech, especially my grandchildren! But I most definitely
dont want beeping things, fax machines, or clacky highheeled shoes.

But how far would I go. I am concerned about the ethics of the experiments.
Someone has to draw the line somewhere. But who and where? We can all imagine
that mad scientist going further and further just to see what he could do.

I only want Frankenstein if he does housework and cooking.

Cherry
----- Original Message -----
From: Saffron
To: hardofhearinguk@...
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:01 PM
Subject: [Hard of Hearing UK] Re: Stem cell research


Hi, thanks for your input. You say "anything that can aid...", but
surely, there are boundaries? How far can we go in the name of
research? Where do we draw the line?

I hope to hear from more people in the group, as it would be nice to
have several opinions / points of view. Surely, I can't be the only
deaf/ened person finding it hard to reconcile the strong wish for a
cure to my deafness, with my ethical values?

Saffron

--- In hardofhearinguk@..., Olukayode Ajala
<mrkstuk@...> wrote:
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> HI
> IÂ dont think having a dream is odd
> for one those non impaired wil never fully undertsand anything
about the real chalenges most disbilties(specifically sensory
disbilities( go through
> yes the ethical is thre
> but anything which caon aid people in having anautarally adptive
life should be encouraged
> ares such asblindness andmsbone tisie disrders,plastic surgery etc
have helped people get on with their lives
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> --- On Sun, 30/11/08, Saffron <saffron68@...> wrote:
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> From: Saffron <saffron68@...>
> Subject: [Hard of Hearing UK] Re: Stem cell research
> To: hardofhearinguk@...
> Date: Sunday, 30 November, 2008, 10:45 PM
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> Well, you never know in terms of when a cure will happen. Actually,
> personally I think that we will see some "cures" (to various
degrees of
> success) for some types of deafness within 15 years. Things are
> advancing at a much faster rate now, as stem cell research is
looking
> very promising for a wide range of diseases. However, there are
very
> valid and important ethical concerns and this of course does slow
down
> the process of research applications, etc.
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> Also, one thing I was wondering was... what do people actually
think of
> the ethical side of stem cell research? It doesn't all involve the
same
> thing, but in some instances, and for instance in the case of a
search
> for a cure for deafness, HUMAN stem cells were injected in MICE
> (meaning that the mice ended up having human genetic material). It
> seems a bit like "Franken-science" to me and when we really think
about
> it... well, I mean... mixing human genes and genes from other
animal
> species... well... it's not like finding a simple pill for
headaches,
> is it? LOL. On the other hand, I so wish there was a cure for my
> deafness, that I can't help but go against my ethical values and
hope
> that this research will lead to a cure... I have very mixed
feelings
> about it and I was wondering if other people here feel the same?
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> Looking forward to hearing more from those who have replied already
and
> from other members.
>
> Saffron
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> --- In hardofhearinguk@ yahoogroups. co.uk, brianrawlinson24
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> > I agree that there are via stem cell research, great
possibilities of
> > reversing hearing loss in some but not in all instances.
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> > However I don't think that many of us will live to see it, not
that I
> > don't wish for it, cuz there isn't a day that goes by where I
wonder
> > what it would be like to hear the same as my family and friends
do. I
> > just don't think it'll have advanced sufficiently for it to
wheeled
> out
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