Personal history of hearing loss Moderate loss: At age 12, my parents took me to five different specialists in the Atlanta area, and all said I had nerve deafness, would eventually nee...
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Welcome to the Cochlear Community! I hope that you enjoy your time here and find the community helpful for all of your hearing loss questions. I, myself, have bilateral cochlear implants and...
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 I was in a car accident when...
My hearing journey starts when I was three years old when it was discovered I had a hearing loss, but unknown etiology. I have been hard of hearing (HOH) most of my life. When I was 19 my...
I was born with normal hearing and lost it all suddenly (110dB bilaterally)from ototoxic medication as a young adult. I moved on in life as a totally deaf person, only able to hear minimall...
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Welcome to the Cochlear Community! It's an amazing place where you can connect with other cochlear implant users, even if you're just started thinking about getting cochlear implants! I enco...
I was a hearing person for many years until 2005 when I became sick and fell into a coma for 8 days. When I woke up, I was totally deaf. Luckily, I live at a time when technology has made i...
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My Cochlear Implant Story is one of great joy and certainly full of amazement. In 1996 I was seriously considering disability retirement, as I was barely hanging onto my middle managment po...
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Parents: Do you have a child with hearing loss?Were you just told your child has a hearing loss?Have you just been informed that your child is a candidate for a cochlear implant? Are you...
I have had two distinct hearing losses. Initially I had lost most of my high pitches over 20 years. I was evaluated for a regular ci and although my "words in isolation" test was in the 40...