CI Kiddos

Paulsmom

Paul’s story is a long one, but I will try my best to make it short.  Paul was born April 21, 2007 (on his dad’s birthday).  At nearly 4 months premature,...

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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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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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KimP - CochlearVolunteer

My son was born in January 2005. The hospital did the newborn hearing screen and he passed. When Max was 12 mos. old I knew that something was not right. He was...

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Tiffany Bright - Mom to Tayten

My oldest son, Tayten, was born in September 2005, diagnosed late and implanted with bilateral Freedoms just before his second birthday. We live in a very rural...

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DevonsDad

A few months after failing his newborn hearing screening, my son Devon was diagnosed with bilateral hearing loss (a later blood test confirmed Connexin...

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Johanna

Ethan was born with a moderate/severe hearing loss. He received his first hearing aid, for his moderate side at the age of three weeks old. By the age of ten...

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carolr

My 4th child Michael was born 3yrs ago with profound hearing loss.  I thought my child would never hear my voice.  Then we learned about the cochlear implant. ...

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rsorrell

My son is profoundly deaf due to a Connexin 26 genetic mutation.  Somehow he passed his Newborn Infant Screening.  The day after he was born he was given an OAE...

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Freya Shih

Hello.  My 2nd child, Sophie, was born with a severe to profound sensorineural bilateral hearing loss identified at birth.  She was fitted with hearing aids at...

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