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Yes, I wasn't creating a thread about CI vs. CI technology. I do understand that clarity is equally important. I should've mentioned that in my first post. I'll say that my clarity with my HA is about 50 or 60 percent. Without probably 10 percent at most. I definitely can't tell which sound...

I was implanted at 8 years old. I did "train" myself, I had it programmed, etc. Because I was implanted at a later age, and before then, I wore a hearing aid, so I was used to the sound of that. Also I have a hearing aid for my left ear, and with the hearing aid and CI together, the sounds...

That's a cool sign :) keep it! My sign name is the letter C placed on the heart.

Well, it must suck losing your hearing all of a sudden. I guess my pros and cons are for people who were born deaf/HOH or grew up being deaf/HOH. I'm sorry about you going from hearing to deaf. But you know it's something you have to live with. Maybe you're meant to be deaf, who knows. :hmm:

With your HAs/CIs, what CAN you hear and also what you CAN'T hear? Just curious. I have a HA for my left ear and no amplification for my profoundly deaf right ear (used to have a CI but hated it and no longer wear it anymore). I can hear people's voices, babies' cries as long as they're in...

Sorry for the triple post, but... Another con is speech therapy and cochlear implants. I'm not against them. It's just that I'm exhausted of speech therapy and I do not like the cochlear implant. Some people still get onto me about speech and listening and cochlear implants. Annoying. :( But I...

Oh. I didn't know that. :shock:

That's understandable. Still a pro for me, though. I'm glad people don't think of me as hearing since I can speak verbally pretty well. Then again I do have a deaf accent so yeah. :lol:

What's the sign for morning and night and afternoon? :)

Ugh, I hate whenever people call deaf people mute and dumb. Sooo...ugh, I don't know, annoying. Yeah it's better now than it used to be, but we still need to be advocates for the deaf and HOH. As for me, I don't mind the term hearing impaired though I prefer deaf or HOH I don't find it offensive...

Of course, for many of us, we love being deaf, Deaf, HOH. There are a lot of pros to hearing loss but some cons too. So let's identify and share them! :deaf: For me, I'm moderately-to-severely HOH in my left ear and profoundly deaf in my right. I use a hearing aid for my left ear and I don't...

Wow! That's a lot of unexpected info. Thank you. I'll definitely read up on her. :D

Not trying to hijack the thread, just so many thoughts running through my head... The other day I was in class and we broke into groups to work together. I told my group about my hearing loss. One of the boys in my group, who is Mexican which never concerned me before, was being all judgmental...

Omg :shock: that's crappy of that guy. I HATE it when hearies do that. :roll: nice comeback though! :lol:

Ugh. That's awful! :shock: at least your mom told him off.

I'm sorry. But just hang in there. It's not the end of the world. Good luck. :)

:aw: that's so sweet. I once had a severely deaf speech therapist who wore two cochlear implants. :D

You're welcome!

Welcome! :wave: That's terrific that you've decided to communicate with your son with ASL. Is he profoundly deaf? Just curious. Anyway, kudos to you and your wife for not finding a 'cure' for his hearing loss and forcing him to be 'hearing like'. :dance2:

You're welcome. :)