Recent content by Mike Bir

I will check into all makes and have done research on them as well. My journey will begin on 4-14-23 when I talk to and get started with testing ( I am already nervous!)

I have looked at the websites for various CI and am scheduled to see an Audiologist on the 14th of this month. I have a better sense of what to expect and thanks to all who have gave me answers and places to look I feel I have enough questions to ask them and will decide my next step...

I am waiting on a return phone call from one of the Hospitals that does the surgery's for CIs. There are only 4 within 50 miles of where I live, 5 if you count a childrens hospital. I have logged in to some forums and some of the stories of the struggles to get to being able to understand what...

Hello Olivia! I am very interested in re-learning ASL as I took it in community college 20 some years ago and have never had a chance to use it and I can honestly say I have forgotten most of it. Do not know how we would do this? My desktop computer does not have a camera or micro phone. But...

I am considering getting a Cochlear Implant as my hearing has dropped below the realm of human voices and my aid does not help me with this. I was born deaf in one ear and am now have profound loss in my other. When I attended my local community college I took ASL as I knew this day was...

I was born deaf in one ear and got a bacterial infection in my good ear at 11 yrs. Old swimming in a local bay. My hearing has been slowly getting worse and is now almost beyond my hearing aid. I did take ASL in college but never knew anyone to use it with and now after so many years have lost...