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R2, yes sometimes it is a bittersweet experience. But I've learned to look forward to my own milestones as they come. And my friend has been a fabulous resource for me-- she was the one "taught" me how to follow along while reading books and listening to the same on audio CD. I tried to do it on...

Go for it Issacsmom, please know that the majority of us here respect your choice. The views in the deaf community are changing more and more each day regarding the CI. I know many Culturally-Deaf people who are now starting to accept the CI and have even begun to get the CI themselves. I myself...

:) Hi Issacsmom! Check out the posts by one of the AD'ers here.. who goes by the name of Cloggy. He is a hearing parent of a young deaf daughter who has the CI and even though he is from Norway and not from the regions you requested, his posts are excellent and informative for parents. He...

websites for listening practice :) Here are two websites that I've gone to to practice listening skills with the CI. The first one is good, lots of variety. The 2nd is a little boring and "speech therapy"-like but way better than having to go to an actual speech/listening therapist and...

R2D2, yes I agree with you completely. In fact, in the beginning I did compare my progress to that of my best friend (who got her CI a month before me), and was disappointed that I could not "progress" as fast or as well as she could. She can now use the phone, understand most stuff on the...

I'm post-lingual deaf since age 7 and am now age 33. I got my CI at age 29 and almost 4 years later, still cannot comprehend speech if I cannot see the person talking (i.e.- I can't have conversations on the phone). I guess it's because I had been deaf for so long, what's more, I might be one of...

I have the CI, Nucleus 24 3G model. It came with 12 interchangeable colors for both the BTE earpiece and also the coil. La la la! The main one I use is Silver (looks cool and Star-Trekkie), but I can wear every color in the rainbow to suit my mood. When my friend had her wedding, and I was...

Oh I totally agree.. the first couple days are TOTALLY overwhelming! I had the same reaction, for the same reason. Bloody loud! In fact, when we got back to the hotel later that evening, I took the CI off, laid down on the bed, and wallowed in depression for a couple hours until it was time for...

Where's the rest of the story? Patience, patience... I promise to continue the Borg saga when I get a bit of free time--I only get a few chances during the day to log onto the 'net and only on my breaks from work. Slavin' away to thankless job at the moment. To be continued when my 5 o'clock...

:) R2D2, I was in fact born hearing, but lost it at age 7 due to Meningitis. That was in 1980, and the CI was still in it's early stages. I actually didn't know about the CI until I was 11, when I got enrolled in my state's residential Deaf School...by then I was using ASL, and had become...

Here's my "before/after" story: Before CI: STONE DEAF. Big "D" deafie, Gally grad, ASL user, etc.. started considering CI at age 28... after lots of soul searching, decided to get CI. Said "Screw it" to all CI nay-sayers. Told a few Deaf buddies about my plans, watched them all keel over in...

R2D2, I felt the same way about finally sleeping on my CI incision side. For a few days after the surgery I treated it with "kid gloves" too and was afraid to sleep on the CI side.. but in the middle of the night I happened to roll over on that side any way, and it felt GOOD. Actually took some...

That's an interesting question, about the conservative bit. Interesting idea, Trippla... like deafdyke says, it would be very interesting to find out the statistics. I myself am "Big D" Deaf and have a CI and am not "conservative". I've met many other CI users (mostly adults) from all walks...

That's absolutely right TrippLA, if you get a HA, you will have to get it in the other ear that does NOT have the CI in it.. A HA will NOT work if you get one for the side that has your CI. Good luck to you-- I enjoy reading your posts and learning about your experience.. it's important for...

Have you looked into the different kinds of accomodations you can request from your University to assist you with your hearing loss? If you get HA's and use an FM system in college, it could still possibly be overwhelming and hard for you to follow because of the big class sizes, people talking...

:) I see what y'all are saying. I used to wonder about this kind of thing too. Why some mildly HOH people seemed totally deaf, while other profound "deafer" people did better with HA's.. everyone is different. It also depends, like Audiofuzzy pointed out, which frequencies an individual is...

Cloggy, I absolutely love this waving, thumbs-up smiley. Where did you find it? And R2D2, best of luck to you.. anxiously waiting to hear from you again so we know how it went! Take care :) :) Britt, fellow borgette

IMO, it is pointless in engaging in debate with Mookie. Why should we bother to waste our intelligence on someone like him? Greema's quote below sums it up perfectly-- can you guess which one is Mookie? :whistle: "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they...

:cheers: Congrats on getting through your surgery, Stacie! You'll start to feeling better day by day. It's weird that your doc wanted you to keep the head wrap on for 5 days... myself and most other CI users I know only had to have it on for 24 hours, or just overnight. But I guess if your...

:) What a brilliant idea! Way better than the "harness" that the CI makers provide, which is uncomfortable and not very effective, especially for kids! Britt