If I had to describe it, I'd call it mother-talk, that intimate connection that happens between mothers and their offspring. Most likely, we used a blend of speaking, signs, and gestures. Specifics elude me I only knew that I understood her, and she understood me. I knew instinctively that shouting would be useless.įrom my infancy, the deaf-hearing dynamic shaped every part of our mother-child communication. I recall, as a small child, running into another room to tug on Mom's arm.
I'm not sure when that realization dawned, but I know it was early. If they couldn't see my face, it didn't count. I learned soon enough that my parents would never react to my verbal outbursts unless they were facing me.
I want that cob of corn, and I want it now! Nothing else matters. Curious onlookers wander by, but I'm not at all self-conscious. My parents, facing the other direction, are oblivious to my rising howls of protest.
Bobbing over Dad's shoulder, I can see that tasty morsel - sticky with grit, no doubt - receding into the distance, and I'm furious.
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A cob of corn has slipped from my sweaty clutches, and I'm shrieking at full lung capacity to have it retrieved. It's a hot day and we're strolling through a fairground. There is no cure for heart failure or FMR and about half of people who develop heart failure die within five years of diagnosis.I'm draped over Dad's shoulder, bouncing along in time with his stride. Heart failure and FMR patients suffer from debilitating symptoms such as persistent exhaustion, trouble breathing, confusion and loss of memory. Up to 74% of people with heart failure also suffer from FMR, a condition caused when the left ventricle of the heart becomes enlarged to the point where it pulls the mitral valve leaflets apart and allows blood to flow backwards into the left atrium. The technology of AccuCinch is different from the present technologies which replicate surgical procedures to replace or repair an otherwise normal mitral valve, AccuCinch has been designed to repair the left ventricle directly to enable proper mitral valve function.Ībout 6.5 million US adults have heart failure, a condition where heart’s muscles slowly weaken and lose their ability to pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the body. The minimally invasive procedure has been designed to reduce the size of the left ventricle, improve left ventricular function and reduce symptoms of heart failure.Īncora Heart stated that the AccuCinch therapy has the potential to treat heart failure and FMR patients in whom the disease has advanced beyond the situation where medications and pacemakers can manage the symptoms or for whom the risks of open-heart surgery are too high.
The AccuCinch procedure is claimed to directly repair the enlarged left ventricle, which is the underlying cause of heart failure. “We are encouraged by our early clinical experience and interest from new heart centers to participate in the study.” The company’s move follows approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to enroll a second group of subjects and extend to 15 heart centers across the country.Īncora Heart president and CEO Jeff Closs said: “We are pleased that the FDA has approved expansion of this study, as it will allow us to continue to gather valuable clinical information about AccuCinch. The investigational AccuCinch ventricular repair system is designed for the treatment of heart failure and functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). Ancora Heart has expanded enrollment of US early feasibility study for the AccuCinch System for left ventricular repair.
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