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I written an article for the Hearing Loss Magazine that is about how I lost my hearing and my entire journey to getting a cochlear implant. This is my first published article and I am so excited to share this with you all! To download the PDF File you can visit my blog or click here . Abbie

I wanted to share with you that the next edition of the Hearing Loss Magazine will feature yours truly! It will also have an article about my entire cochlear implant journey. Feel free to check out the pictures from my blog here! Abbie

I have captioned my activation video and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy! CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN: Captioned Cochlear Implant Activation Video

I'm wondering if we have any MEI implantees floating around here. There is a couple companies, such as Envoy and Otologics that are beginning phase II of the FDA trials. There is at least 100 people in the US that have been implanted and I'm curious how it works for them.

CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN: My Activation Video!!

Here I am!! A fully functional female cyborg! :) Here is the low down!! :D Jennifer my audi hooked me up to the computer and then told me to get rid of my hearing aid, literally. She had no trouble finding the secret spot where the magnet was. I can hardly feel it! She changed it to a...

I was wondering if anyone would share some Audiobooks suggestions and experiences that I could get to use after I get activated on Monday. Thank you so much!!

Well, tomorrow the big day. I have to be there at 8:15am which isn't too bad.

Advanced Bionics® cochlear implant recipients with a CII or HiRes 90k implant * Monday, September 10, 2007 @ 6:30-8:30 PM Hilton Lincoln Center 5410 LBJ Freeway Dallas, Texas 75240-6276 AND Tuesday, September 11, 2007 @ 6:30-8:30 PM Midwest Ear Institute 4200 Pennsylvania, # 100...

I am curious for those that had their left ear implanted first how they did with speech discrimination. I want to see if I can get some comparison on how the left ear did with speech discrimination since the right side of the brain controls it. I am under the impression that the left side of...

I have to share this amazing website with you guys. This website is the answer to all my auditory rehabilitation. I am going to download the unabridged audio books and then check the book out in the library so I can follow along. How is easy is that? Overdrive.com is a website that...

I was wondering if any one that has gone to a baseball game or a football game could tell me how they hear with their CI at a loud game? I just went to my yearly NY Yankees game and this year would be the last year that I would hear with a hearing aid. I was wondering if there is a...

After several months of reading this forum, blogs, white papers, websites and realizing how much it helped me. I wanted to do my part and help others wandering down the road. I decided to start up a blog about my whole journey with getting a cochlear implant. CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN

:fingersx: I just received notification that my insurance company authorized my surgery. My surgery date is August 27th and my activation date is September 17th. 41 days to go! Weeee! The countdown begins. For those who do not know my history and could offer any advice, I am getting...

I started my journey on cochlear implant candidacy today at HUP. I already had a cat scan and a MRI done prior to the appointment. When I arrived they did the standard hearing tests, pressure, tone, speech recognition, bone conduction. My audiogram revealed my pure tone measures for the right...

How you doing? My name is Abbie and I am 27 years old. I am considering a cochlear implant. I was born hearing until when I was 4 years old, it was discovered that I had bilateral sensorineural severe/profound hearing loss. I was immediately fit for hearing aids. I have worn hearing aids in...