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Well, for starters, I tried listening to video podcasts on my Ipod Touch, such as White House news service to Anderson Cooper to Sanjay Gupta. They are not really captioned (because I have an old Ipod), but they are good for auditory rehab. I have tried getting an audiobook and a reading...

Thats really wonderful. And I wouldn't be surprised if doctors noted the condition as "stubborn"; there are a lot of places in the world today where people are insensitive to these complex problems. Does she have any challenges from day to day like interacting with peers, understanding whats...

So true, but its not as simple as you think it is. I have found that dealing with the smallest of hearing challenges can actually be very complicated and hard to overcome. I want to hear and heck, I have been pushing myself to make use of the 2% hearing I have left for many years (before CI)...

Looks like I am not the only one then... Do people use ASL to supplement for that? I know a friend who uses both CIs and ASL at times.

Are you trying to say that it actually takes much longer to adjust with CI for someone who has little auditory memory using hearing aids? My deafness has actually been consistent since age 5 and I did wear HAs on/off (I never really benefitted from them until I got the most powerful ones in...

I couldn't stop reading every post on this page because I am in a very similar situation like you Danb. I have been deaf for 18 yrs, got my CIs 3 years ago, up with 85% hearing and I feel like I am struggling with my hearing and speech in noisy surroundings. Sure, its a joy to hear certain...

I used to be able to talk on the phone briefly in the early days when I wore HA - I would take off the HA and talk with the volume at max; it worked for me. Later on while my hearing declined, my phone usage dropped sharply. When I got the CI recently, I was desperate to try out various ways to...

I happened to come across this interesting article on NY Times and thought I would share with you all - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/nyregion/31owen.html?_r=1 Personally I don't know how much Apple products have been beneficial for the deaf, other than introducing CC in iTunes, iPad...

Really?? Is that really true?? I have lived in a hearing world all my life and I have tried too hard to fit in there, and since I dont know ASL well enough, I dont even fit in the deaf world! So I am sort of lost in between!! Maybe its time I start getting serious about my ASL, even though I...

Thats amazing that your date went off well. To be honest, not many hearing folks are actually interested in deafies, mainly because its too much of a hassle for them to deal with the communication thing. I am deaf myself and nearly all the relationships I have been in, never worked out well...

Haha...I wouldnt be surprised by this as its been ages since IP Relay was introduced!! Back when I was there, the only thing that worked for me was a TTY in a public place. Actually I do remember using an IM relay program, but I could only make calls to numbers in USA, not Canada. Lets see how...

Sure, I do that a lot of times. But I have a question for you - do ladies generally appreciate even the slightest of the compliments and good things guys say to them? It got me thinking that if a guy was being genuine about it, how about the lady?

Am originally from India too!! :wave:

Hey evil queen! when I was in canada, I did use the Ameriphone VCO from CHS. I was getting tired of the TTY being painfully slow and VCO was a huge improvement but today I use a Captel and find that VCO and Captel are similar in technology but the latter is better anyday. Ofcourse there arent...

Yea I do that very often too. I love the fact that I can start listening to the song after CI. Prior to that I would just enjoy the music or background sounds, drumbeats. I have to say some of my favorite "songs" before CI, turned out to be one of the worst songs when I started listening with...

Sorry I didnt read that part about 100-2k carefully, but I still think 30k british pounds for a second CI is way too much. I mean, shouldn't the NHS know that bilaterals would be helpful to adults as well? What if a CI surgeon provides sufficient proof to NHS that a bilateral is needed for the...

You dont have to get a calling plan with AT&T if you dont want to. You can apply for the AT&T TAP (text accessibility plan) for deaf individuals who use any AT&T device including smartphones, but excluding Blackberrys. I am pretty sure Iphones are covered too. This way you can save money, and if...

30,000 pounds a year? Thats a crazy amount without any insurance coverage. And again 1000-2000 a year is also too much. Doesn't NHS cover the costs for mapping, rehab, etc. ?

Responses in BLUE. Hope that helps!

And Tmobile too!! And Blackberry, not blueberry!! hehe