Bilateral Cochlear Implants

Ally SD- AuD/Awareness Network Manager

        Welcome everyone! Thank you Cochlear for providing all of us with such an amazing community of friends:) So here's my story & how I got to...

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Daniela

Hi, I’m Daniela, 30 years old, and up until about the age of 27 I had all my hearing. Then, in February 2007, I came down with a strange sinus infection...

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cjdressler

I am a mom to 3 yr old identical twin boys.  Our twins arrived early as a result of Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome.  Prior to leaving the NICU, a hearing...

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MargoK-Cochlear Volunteer

I am a cochlear implant old timer! I am an adopted child with no known family history. My initial hearing loss with no hearing in my left ear was detected after...

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Shelley E -Cochlear Volunteer

I am an early recipient of the Nucleus 5. My surgery was on September 9, 2009 and ever since the CI was activated three weeks later my hearing experience has been...

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OperaJoyce

I am Joyce who is waiting anxiously for a Cochlear implant. My hearing loss began and progressed slowly over a period of almost 40 years. At the beginning of the...

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David C. "CI Teen Support Group Leader (SLCH)"

My story starts in Salt Lake City Utah. I was born with a CMV virus--- the doctors thought I was just fine until the age three when I started losing my hearing. I...

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LisaB

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gatorfan

Hello everyone, I have recently joined the Cochlear community as someone who is researching cochlear implants . I have an appointment on 02/25/10 to see if I...

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Carol F - Cochlear Volunteer since 2003

I was a hearing person most of my life. Then one day a number of years ago, I woke up to a loud buzzing sound in my ear. I went through all of the usual testing...

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