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Good luck! :rockon:

I agree wholly with Lucia! :roll:

:welcome: Hi Devon! You've come to the right place and you will be hearing from more CIborgs... I'm not one of them but my grandson will be getting his second implant next month and he is already benefitting from his first CI although he is profoundly deaf like his father (my son) and us...

I've seen a demonstration of a Captel phone and the first time a hoh co-worker volunteered to demo by calling her mother and I still remember how emotional she got (the interpreter terped the emotion in her voice and I almost cried). I tried to convince my hoh sister to get one but she never...

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Whoo hoo! (that's my older daughter's birthday!) Wow, that is LESS than two weeks away! (probably better in anticipation of traveling to Texas)

Aw, dern it Sunny! Guess it'll be a good time to learn patience... I've lived long enough to learn to use a LOT of patience and good things come to he/she who wait... :cool:

This is a good thread and I appreciate the input from the knowledgeable people who experienced CI first-hand! I'm not going to pretend that I know everything about the differences between a HA and CI and I rather just lurk in here with an open mind and learn all I can, especially with my dear...

Lake, I don't know how I had missed this thread -- just jumping in pretty late in the game to congratulate you and hope you're continuing to rest up. It looks like you are the first one on here to have CI surgery in 2007! And a lot others are lining up for their surgeries with my grandson...

Blazing Sunset, I'm so happy for you! February 1st will be here before you know it...

Whoo hoo, Lilly! (And maybe have a video cam ready to catch Lilly's reactions and even the sounds she's hearing with her new ear)

Ha ha about the batteries! :giggle: WOW!!! Three children getting their implants close together! Won't it be cool if we have a "CI party" (instead of "birthday party") next year to celebrate? Cloggy, maybe you can start planning on a family vacation to America next year and celebrate with...

:gpost: QFT!! Fragmenter and his sister grew up in the SSD setting and there was a wide range of hearing loss in their classmates and also a wide range of preferred communication modes. They go into hearing ed classes but if they find themselves falling behind they could stay in the resource...

Merry Christmas to everyone!

j -- can you find room in your suitcase for me? LOL I know we cant make it but wish y'all who can go the best! and take pix!!

Oh and anyways, Lucia -- please keep up the reporting of your CI moments! You've come a long way baby (hmm, what commercial did this come from?)

Double, you're not rambling and I can fully understand and appreciate what you, Lillys dad and others are saying. DD had said she is cynical when I asked her why all the negativity and I'm going to leave it at that. Anyways, Lillys dad's statements about CID is right on -- I went to CID...

Ha ha! Reminds me of the time I was asked to teach some signs to a Cub Scout troop (for their foreign language badge) and to answer questions and I brought my hearing daughter along to facilitate communication between me and the little boys. One of the boys asked if our house was quiet...

Boult, thanks for the above explanation -- I was at a group session last night where our Regional Volunteer Manager was involved and she gave me a business card with "Cochlear Americas" and I was wondering at the "s" at the end of Americas. Makes sense now!

(anyways, it is good to be back! AND it is good to "see" everyone!) Have a great weekend, all! :grouphug: