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Hi, It’s me, 13 years later. Being deaf still sucks. I got implanted with an AB CI, it failed last year and the company is calling me a liar. Everything is silent again and everything sucks again.

I was originally implanted in 2014 with a Q70–had nothing but problems with it, so it was upgraded to a Q90. Since then, I’ve had several external processors fail, mostly in the summer due to high humidity, but last summer I took it off before I worked up a sweat outside, came in, put it back...

I’ve had several Q90s external processors fail, mostly in the summer due to high humidity, but last summer I took it off outside, came in, put it back on and sound and voices were garbled, like underwater. AB sent another, and the same thing happened. I went to my audiologist, told her about...

This tasteless, callous, idiotic comment--posted on a deaf board no less--really has me upset. God, you wish you were deaf??????? My last good ear blew out last Tuesday and suddenly I have been thrust into an utterly silent world that I have never known before. I'd give about anything to hear...

This tasteless, stupid, insensitive comment made by Society's Child--on a deaf board no less--really has me upset: " Now my co-worker's radio is playing Billy Joel's "Piano Man"...god i wish i was deaf." (#15) My last good ear blew out last Tuesday and suddenly I have been thrust into an...

My last good ear blew out suddenly and without warning a week ago causing profound hearing loss. Last Thursday I began the paperwork for Disability SS; The next day the press announced that SSI is insolvent, due to the overload of new claims. My timing for going deaf is impeccable!!!!!

Republicans want to raise the employee payroll tax from 4.2% back up to 6.2; statistically, the average income tax rate is about 32%, the lowest it's been in 50 years. Of course, there are quite a few corporations that pay less, or like GE, pay no income tax at all.