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I keep coming across these posts about how parents who implant their children are doing so to "fix" their child. I also keep reading about how so many people grew up miserable because they grew up oral and were teased and did'nt learn sign until later in life. I could see how that would be...

Kayla finally got her Freedom processor. When we went for the programming, she was pretty excited. While we were at the audiologists office and the audi first put the processor on Kayla after she programmed it, Kayla complained that it was too loud. We went ahead and put her on p1 until she...

I'm in the process of choosing Kayla's Freedom processor and can't decide on mini or standard. All opinions appreciated, thanks.:dunno:

Has anyone experienced any problems being too close to a cell phone antenna. I ask as the village is thinking of putting one very close to our backyard. Regardless of the actualy asthetics, I was wondering if I have a valid case against the village to stop this. I have been reading about the...

Hi all, just making a thread here to see how well your child's progress is doing with their CI in school. As for my daughter Kayla, she started kindergarden this year and is absolutley loving school...actually she's excited about riding the school bus, lol. So far she's doing great in school...

Hi, just wondering if any Nucleus24 implant users recieved a letter in the mail from Cochlear saying that you were now able to upgrade your Nucleus24 to the Freedom. I remember asking about it when Freedom first came out and they were'nt sure at the time if it would be compatible. I just...

I am starting this thread because i came across a few posts that stated how even though a deaf person aquires language, they still have a hard time comprehending things. From what i read of peoples own experiences, i can understand why people get frustrated with parents decisions to choose the...

A man at his buddies house just found out he won the lottery. He was so excited he called his wife at home and told her the news. "Oh my god i won the lottery...pack up, pack up!" The wife said "Honey where are we going?" He said "I don't care where the hell you go just pack up and get out!"...

Hi, i was just wondering if those of you who have a CI use the dry aid kits on an everyday basis. I use it but not on an everyday basis and was'nt sure if that was bad not to use it everyday. I was also told to take out the batteries at night when i do use it and i do. Do any of you ever leave...

I came to this forum to expeirence and to learn more about the deaf culture. I had no prior expeirence within the deaf community up until my daughter was born. She was found to have a profound hearing loss in both ears at the age of 1 due to our suspicions.No hearing test was done at birth. She...