Bear
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Why did you choose to have a CI? What were your motivating factors?
Please as in my other thread. Let them have their say. No bashing or heated debates. Us Cier's also need to be able to get our information out there without being put down for not signing or using the oral only approach.
So please, respect this thread as they have respected the NOT choosing thread.
Any posts that are bashing or off topic will be reported to a mod and ask to be deleted.
I want this to be a fully positive CI thread for those of us that have one.
I chose to have a CI because I was born hearing and didn't lose my hearing until I was 14 years old.
Then I got a hearing aid and that worked for me for over 20 years. My hearing declined to the point where the hearing aid wasn't helping me anymore.
It took me 9 months to decide if I wanted to even test for candidacy. After that I knew I wanted a CI.
The prospect of never hearing anything again was literally driving me insane. I was so used to hearing sounds, that not hearing sounds, was like ughh I can't stand this.
I could accept the fact that I was deaf, and still do, without this CI I know I am deaf. But I don't see anything wrong with me wanting to hear sounds. That doesn't mean I can't accept me as I am. I just couldn't accept hearing NOTHING.
I do still sign and talk. I will never give up the signs as I totally love it when I am around other deaf and don't need to depend on talking or hearing all the time. I think sign is a beautiful language on it's own.
Another motivating factor on getting a CI for me was that I am a music lover, I've always loved music and it was always a major part of my life. I just had to hear my music once again and be able to sing along with it. There was a time when I was hearing that I thought about becoming a singer.
So those are my reasons. What were yours?
Please as in my other thread. Let them have their say. No bashing or heated debates. Us Cier's also need to be able to get our information out there without being put down for not signing or using the oral only approach.
So please, respect this thread as they have respected the NOT choosing thread.
Any posts that are bashing or off topic will be reported to a mod and ask to be deleted.
I want this to be a fully positive CI thread for those of us that have one.
I chose to have a CI because I was born hearing and didn't lose my hearing until I was 14 years old.
Then I got a hearing aid and that worked for me for over 20 years. My hearing declined to the point where the hearing aid wasn't helping me anymore.
It took me 9 months to decide if I wanted to even test for candidacy. After that I knew I wanted a CI.
The prospect of never hearing anything again was literally driving me insane. I was so used to hearing sounds, that not hearing sounds, was like ughh I can't stand this.
I could accept the fact that I was deaf, and still do, without this CI I know I am deaf. But I don't see anything wrong with me wanting to hear sounds. That doesn't mean I can't accept me as I am. I just couldn't accept hearing NOTHING.
I do still sign and talk. I will never give up the signs as I totally love it when I am around other deaf and don't need to depend on talking or hearing all the time. I think sign is a beautiful language on it's own.
Another motivating factor on getting a CI for me was that I am a music lover, I've always loved music and it was always a major part of my life. I just had to hear my music once again and be able to sing along with it. There was a time when I was hearing that I thought about becoming a singer.
So those are my reasons. What were yours?