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I heard environmential sounds & could understand people talking w/in hours of being activated. I was able to pick up a few words people were saying while still at the activation appt but to really understand sentences & stuff started at dinner a few hours later despite way everyone sounded funny...

R2D2: I was gonna wait til tomorrow to congratulate you on your 1 yr anniversary but since it's the 29th now for you, I'll go ahead now. . . CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hope you've had an awesome year 'hearing' all that you can hear & hope you have many more wonderful years hearing! :]

Tami Sam: I forgot to add, I am glad things are looking up for you!!! :]

R2D2: How long did it take for you til you are finding that you love having your CI? I just re-read your siggy and realized that you & I were activated just 8 days shy of a year apart. Cool! :)

That would be awesome if there was somehow a way we could all receive our CI without having to go thru surgery! Unfortutely, I don't see how that is possibile but it's a nice thought! And, I agree, I bet more people would've wanted to get CI and Ci would probably be much more acceptable with...

Tami Sam: Sorry for the late reply - I thought I posted here. But yeah- I am sorry you've been feeling like that. But, I too, can relate to that. It's hard sometimes, being Deaf, but that just makes us stronger! Psst - You know you belong just fine here! I think you rock, I've always...

Hear Again, I knew you'd understand as I you saying something about that one experience with the Taxi driver. It's amazing, isn't it? Tami Sam: Yep, the waiting is well worth it!!! It truly is.The CI is such a blessing to have. I now don't want to be without my CI 'cept for like at night or...

One week post activation update! Just thought I'd do a quick update. I am loving my CI. I hope I didn't jinx myself by saying this so soon! LOL but yeah I just love it. I smiled tonite when I was talking to my FIL without the help of my husband or my MIL as he is hard for me to understand. Heh...

Ya wanna be a driver, Steve? Maybe I'll see you drive your truck somewhere around here. Altho we'd never know it if we ever passed one another. Heh. Have you tried getting the CDL?

Hear Again is right, Hearing Aids dealers are usually like that. Which is why I will not be going to the place I go to now 'cause I rather just get my next set of hearing aids straight from the hospital that did my CI & deals with my CI. I don't care that it's a 45 mins drive, they are great...

Ooh and I now need call my HA dealer & ask them to look up my records & tell me when the last time Insurance paid for my L HA 'cause I want the insurance co to go ahead and pay for a new one but this time from the hospital I got my CI at. I don't want to go back to my HA dealer anymore. While my...

I had the same problem in the past. 6 yrs ago I had Insurance buy me a new hearing aid, then a mth later we find out my other hearing aid also needs to be replaced but insurance is only willing to pay for one hearing aid every 3 year. Assholes. :/ So I missed out several months on not being...

I don't know. I recommend you to visit the nearest ENT or hearing aid center & get a hearing test done to see if you will benefit from a hearing aid. Good luck!

I'm and Aunt & I love it! :]

I just got activated Thursday and so far I'm loving it. I'm so glad I went thru post surgery to get to where I am now. Everyone else has mentioned the cons of CI's and like most said, I too, am interested to hear in just what your friends/s said on the negative side of CI? They simply may be...

Fuzzy: I've never heard of it. Interesting. I'll have to do a search on it when I get back home from up north.

Thanks Shel! My Mom was surprised yesterday when she IM'd me and asked me how the CI was going & so I told her. Then I told her that I hate anything to do with plastic bags!!! And turning the pages of my husband's RD magazines is also soo annoying. While I have heard both of those sounds...

lilitalia89: My CI is brown. I grew up having beige HA's all my life so I didn't care one way or the other. lol. Maybe if I was younger I'd want a specific color or something but at 28, I just don't care.

bwatson20 - Wow you got activated quickly! I was implanted May 17th & didn't even get activated til yesterday! You gotta remember that having a CI is quite different & you need to be patient and just keep practicing. What I do is wear my HA & my CI at the same time so I can learn faster on...

lilitalia89 - My kids are 4 and 6. So they aren't really able to notice, or if they did, they didn't care much, due to being kids. They do know I 'wear something new on my head' lol. Hm wait - they do notice a lil bit of a difference. When we were on our way home, I clapeed to myself, curious...