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I don't know the entire story but there is another possible reason this might have happened. When you went in in 2005 what did they tell you (If anything). I'm asking because if they at the time said or felt the CI wouldn't be right for you. Many advances have been made since then so I just...

Nothing wrong with that. It's a matter of choice. No matter what is put in front of me it's my decision to get it or not. But, having lived the first half of my life hearing and the last half deaf. I knew what I was missing so I wanted it back.

I'm glad the answer to the question in the OP is a realistic one. Of course I'm sure we all think it would be great if it was all figured out and was available right now. But the research really is still in baby land. Even if tomorrow the headlines on the front page of the news paper reads "Born...

I haven't advanced enough to understand much speech yet. I was just activated a little over a month ago but it's going great. I do love the iphone. In just can't hear speech enough yet. I'll let you know when I can and what I think. Ron Jaxon

Sorry I didn't find this discussion sooner. Yea, I sent in the request to get google voice a few times before they finally let me in. If you already applied for it then just keep trying. From one of the requests I sent in it took about a week for them to get back to me on it. It is really...

I'd imagine screaming "GIVE ME MORPHINE!" at the top of your lungs would have done the trick. :)

I agree in that every child, hearing or not, would benefit from ASL. Ron Jaxon

One point I want to make about CI for children. If any of you know any kids that are dealing with a serious illness, condition or disease. Then you know how terrible it can be to see a kid go through things like that. But, another thing you might know if you know any kids that are...

I know only speak for myself so know that what I'm about to say is only my personal opinion. I just recently had to make this decision and I too debated between these two brands. Here are the reasons my final decision was to go with Cochlear. First of all the Nucleus 5 was just coming out. So...

I wore hearing aids most of my life up until my late teens when my hearing decreased to the point where they where no longer strong enough. Mine where always BTE because of my degree of hearing loss. They said the ITE where not strong enough for me. Now, someone correct me if I'm wrong with...

It's true. I wouldn't give anyone my phone number without explaining that they'll have to text me rather then call. If they didn't explain this then assume that they are either hearing or someone hearing will answer their call for me. I can understand your situation so what I would do is just...

cdmeggers is correct. If you are using windows media player 9 or higher it'll place closed captioning on DVD's. Upgrade if you're isn't 9 or higher. Here is more information on that. Let me clarify what I meant about opening them in VLC player and adding subtitles to them. Here's the bottom...

I just watched a show that made me think of this thread. The show was Bones and they put a mummy in an MRI machine. All of the sudden the mummy started to move and sat up. It scared Booth and he pulled his gun out. The gun flew from his hand and stuck to the MRI machine. Then the mummy stuck to...

Good luck cdmeggers. Of course we'll all have a little different results but I'm sure you'll love it. I know I do. The biggest things I would warn you about are to be prepared to make many trips to the audiologist. Mine is a 2 hour drive away and I've made that trip over a dozen times in the...

Hear again. I'm so glad to see you chime in. I haven't read many of your posts in a while. Maybe it's because I just got my CI activated and have been spending most of my time on this section of AD. But anyway, I'm glad to see you around. Yea, it is good when we are able to "Do without it"...

I agree with you Lighthouse77 The thing is to a hearing person the term "Deaf" seems more offending then "Hearing impaired". Hearing impaired is a "description of condition". Those two words jammed together really does describe the condition. Their ability to hear does not work like it's...

Well I think people misunderstand what it means when we say "I'm sorry I'm deaf". It's not really that we are apologizing that we're deaf. It's more just courtesy. Even hearing people say it. When they mishear something they'll often say, "I'm sorry what was that?" or "Ber your pardon?" That's...

Oh, you'll most likely hear "Sounds" right away. Not a lot but some. And things won't sounds right at first. But in time it will improve. The first thing I heard was something that sounded like static. But was just the air coming into the room.

I hate it when that happens too. Here's an option that'll allow you to watch them such subtitles on your computer. Download the VLC player. Search for and download the subtitles that match the movie you want to watch. Open the DVD in the VLC player. Pause the video. Right click and open...

One "Theory" about why it seems that woman don't like or talk about sex as often as men is what some call, and forgive my language, A "Slut shield". Think about this. What happens if a man "brags" about sex? Such as bragging about the number of girls he's slept with. Now think about what people...