Originally Posted by JennyB

I think they are going to a second denial period. I was very young when I was diagnosed so I am sure they did it then too. They are going through it again now because I can no longer "cope as a hearing individual" It's true that I didn't always embrace my deafness, and my parents got used to not embracing it as well.

I do not want a CI. I am trying HA's again, it just seems less permanent. If I decide in the future that I don't want to use them then that will be an easier choice to make. I don't want to go through a surgical procedure with full knowledge that I may not want it in the future. Some of my classes in highschool were interpreted, but not all. It did help and I may request it at next year when I am in full time university.

Are there any opinions on approaching Ability services at Universities? Is it something that I should do right away even if I don't want their services initially?

Jenny