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Thieves Mistake Cochlear Implant For Blue Tooth Headset

Started by sbspalding · 11 months ago

At a McDonalds in South LA, teenage thieves made a mistake. Attempting to add to their collection of cell phone accessories, they stole what they thought was a blue-tooth headset from a 3 year old boy, Jose Franco. As it turns out, it was actually the external processor to the cochlear implant Jose uses to [...]




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  • Porch Lifts

    11 months ago

    Man that is just wrong. I imagine the thieves thought he was an easy mark, as I guess he probably is, but really what kind of jerks would steal from a child.
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  • sbspalding

    11 months ago

    The sad part is that this has happened twice.
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  • sbspalding

    11 months ago

    At least the implant is likely to be replaced free of charge.
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  • Be Like the Squirrel, Girl

    11 months ago

    I hadn't thought about that being a potential risk for cochlear implant users. I'll have to start warning parents.
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  • Vermin

    11 months ago

    > The external processor costs about $7,000 but is completely worthless
    > to the thieves (unless they also happen to be deaf).

    I don't understand how $7000 is worthless to the thieves, while a $30 headset would be worthwhile. It would actually make sense for thieves to target this kind of device.
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  • sbspalding

    11 months ago

    I don't imagine there are too many secondary markets for speech processors out there. The parts aren't particularly expensive and unless you had 1/2 a Cochlear Implant laying around you couldn't really use it yourself.
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  • patricksbiggs

    4 weeks ago

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  • richardtgeiser

    4 weeks ago

    The biggest concern I have, other than for the boy’s hearing, is for these thieves. I can almost understand the confusion if the victim hadn’t been three years old but honestly, do they run into a lot of toddlers with high powered careers? Are cell phone accessories become really big in the pre-school circuit? Luckily, the chase.com John Tracy clinic in South LA will probably cover the costs of replacing the implant but still it’s a process that might take months. Until then, Jose is relying on a backup and the thieves are probably still trying to figure out how to get the speech processor synced with their RAZR’s.
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