Andy Wiseman - Ambassador Volunteer

My name is Andy, and I'm from Indianapolis. I was born with normal hearing and it began to decrease due to otosclerosis at age 11. I wore...

amarshall

You can visit my blog (has much more information and actual pictures) at www.deafadventures.wordpress.com  I was born with hearing...

mmurph102

Mark D - Awareness Network Manager

I received both of my Nucleus 24 cochlear implants in January 2002. I was identified in high school as having a mild hearing loss. It...

Brendan's Mom

My son, Brendan, was born in November 2006 with profound hearing loss. He received his first hearing aides and started AVT at 6 weeks....

DerynsMom

Mark C.

  I was a late ID, and diagnosed just under the age of 5 years old in 1986. That is when I was fit with my first set of hearing aids,...

Bill S. - Cochlear Volunteer

My hearing loss started when I was 47 years old from noisy airplanes and irrigation engines. After 20 years of declining hearing, I...

Daniela

Hi, I’m Daniela - I'm a bilateral CI recipient. I was simultaneously implanted in April 2010, with the Nucleus 5. I'm very happy with...

MollyMollyMo

The reader's digest version is that I have had no hearing in my left ear for as long as I can remember--probably since birth.  No one...