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I tried to change my avatar picture twice to a newer and better racing picture of me in action. It will not change. I do have the pic resized properly and in my user CP, the new pic is there where you change the avatar, but it's still the old pic in my newest replies or posts. What am I doing...

Had my surgery July 2nd and post op check up on thursday July 11th for the AuD to make sure my incisions were healing and to do a implant/auditory nerve check. Sorry, I don't know what the test is officially called. Well, she put the UHP on my head and did some stuff on her laptop and I'm just...

All went well with my surgery to get implanted with a CI on Tuesday July 2nd. Most of my tinnitus I had all of my life is gone except for an occassional blow dryer noise that comes and goes. The pain from the surgery isn't to bad and don't need the pain meds. I did lose my taste but it is slowly...

I am really curious how noise, speech, music, etc is going to sound after I or my brain get adjusted to the CI in the near future when I get it done. I have been profound deaf all my life with the help of a HA and could identified most types of noise, vowels, music instruments, hear the...

Been a member here for awhile but never introduced myself. I am a 44 y.o. from Chambersburg, pa. Married for over 6 years and we have a beautiful 4 y.o. daughter. Been HOH and wore a HA in left ear (right ear never worked) all my life since I was a toddler until I lost what was left of my...

Just lost all of my hearing back in October to the point where my powerful HA's don't help no more. My ENT sent a referal to Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia to start the process of getting a CI as long as there is no problems like calcuim build up or abnormal cochlea or whatever else...

I have a Kyocera Milano cell phone and use Sprint cell carrier. Just recently, my texting has been acting up. Whenever I try to spell a word, it will intentionally not spell the word, even though i pressed the right keys. And the worse part is it will erase the whole message before i can finish...

Not sure if this the right topic to post this, but in serious need of help with trying to figure out what is wrong with my hearing. I've been HOA since I was 2 y.o. and got my first over the ear HA when i was 6 and been wearing one in my left ear all my life. My right ear doesn't work with HA...

I have an old Oticon BTE HA which is on its last breath and getting tired of having it rebuilt every year. I'm thinking of getting the Oticon Sumo DM but I do not have the money in hand. I collect SSD and get medical assistance, plus medicare. Can medical assistance help pay for my HA? Or is...