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Congrats on how well its going! I wish I could get my other ear done too!

We're at parity right now, but we still pay more on electronics and stuff like that here because of duty charges.

I know that for a lot of people, the fact that you have a small scar behind your ear from CI surgery is one of the big reasons not to get one. I'm probably the least vain person you'll ever know, so the prospect of a little scar vs hearing was a no-brainer for me. However since I have noticed...

Good luck!! Please keep us updated!

So by that line of thinking, a child born without an arm, without a leg, without sight, or with any other kind of disability should not be allowed to have any kind of surgery or assistance A person who is a paraplegic shouldn't use a wheelchair. A person with a weak heart shouldn't have a...

great post.

Thank you - you echoed exactly what I was thinking when I read the very INCORRECT and MISLEADING post she made. Of course she's entitled to her opinion about CI's, but disseminating false information isn't going to help anybody. Glad you and Drew's Dad pointed that out.

LOL!!!! :)

Oh that "take off the ears!" quote is so sweet!! I've often wondered what deaf people "hear/see" in their heads when other people talk. If I'm lipreading - my brain "hears" their voices, and it even puts a "voice" to people who sign! I wonder if thats because I heard for the first 9 years of my...

You can, but its HARD!!! (at least for somebody who has only one CI - I imagine stereo sound with bilateral implants is vastly superior) Case in point, last summer while house-sitting, I noticed a weird "clicking" noise in the living room. I couldn't figure out what it was, or where it was...

Actually I haven't read that. I've bookmarked it and will read it tomorrow - from what I browsed through it looks very interesting.

If you're worried about chemicals affecting a dog, from an ORGANIC stain/dye, then you obviously would also be against any other chemicals being applied to a dog - so that leaves out flea and tick sprays or ointments, even shampooing a dog would be bad because there are chemicals in...

Wonderful. I will add it to my list. Good luck to her!

It was quite difficult as well, even though I remember hearing music before I was deaf.

Turns out even if you don't download stuff, don't open email attachments, regularly upgrade your virus definitions on your antivirus, and run a firewall, you can still get nasties on your computer just by plugging in products you purchased from legitimate stores - like ipod, digital picture...

That was my initial reaction too! If an elephant walked into my bedroom right now, I wouldn't be more shocked than I was when I read that comment.

Rare, but its still out there. I simply said in my initial post that there are people who think that way, and that's true, as sad as it may be.

I'm sorry to inform you but there are extremists who have opinions even stronger than yours. Case in point - this comment that I am going to post below, was written by Erick Ketcham, who posted on Adam Stone's blog DeafDC Blog » Deaf Identity, Interrupted His comment was: I read this just...

The rest of what I say is myths? What part is a myth, flip?

I think the biggest problem they are having (according to my audie) is that they will need separate processing programs for speech and music. The biggest hurdle is the fact that most people tend to listen to music in a social setting...so switching back and forth between a "speech" setting on...