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Sorry to continue the off-topic coffin-door train of thought... but do they still do Rat funerals at Gally? :) And what about Bald Day? Is that lovely tradition still carried out? ;)

I agree, it's fun listening to music with the CI. I lost my hearing when I was 7 so the only music I remember was what my mom used to play on the record player or radio. 60's 70's and very early 80's music... and lots of country since my mom was a country fan. So it was a blast to listen to all...

I agree with the ones everyone's mentioned above. How about also: All the movies with John Cusack- Better off Dead, The Sure Thing, One Crazy Summer, Say Anything... hilarious! Also: Can't Buy Me Love Moonstruck Mask Working Girl (Oh, the hairdos!) Ghostbusters (only the...

Yeah I love watching the different shows on Food Network. I love to play with different kinds of food and they give tons of new ideas and show different kinds of foods to try. I love capers and pine nuts too! What is your favorite Food Network show? I love "Everyday Italian" with Giada...

:lol: It would be great to hear from others about more funny hearing incidents had with a CI. Any others got stories? I had an embarrassing CI moment about a month after I was activated. It was around Christmas time, and I was at my office working at my computer. I noticed what at the time...

BTE refers to "behind the ear" processors. When CI users mention BTE's they are talking about the kind of processor they can wear behind the ear, which look very similar to regular BTE hearing aids. Only we have the wire and magnet attached. I have both the BTE and a BWP (Body worn...

Someone asked if anyone out there that became deaf from Meningitis has a CI. I'm one of those people. I contracted Meningitis at age 7 and as a result became profoundly deaf in both ears. I had a little bit of residual hearing (pretty useless) in my right ear and wore a HA from ages 8-15. At the...

Check out this link which shows the June 2006 "Newsweek" article on hearing loss. In it is some interesting information about the newest implantable hearing aids and also some even newer research on latest inventions that may become part of the future: http://www.hei.org/news/innews/newsweek.htm

Hi, you said you have a moderate sensorineural hearing loss and that a CI wouldn't work if the problem is not the cochlea. However by definition, Sensorineural hearing loss occurs when there is damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or to the nerve pathways from the inner ear (retrocochlear) to...

Lil Country Gal, just letting you know I PM'd you. Hope you had a great holiday! :)

Thanks for the link, Angel! I was about to post an explanation of what it was but this does it perfectly. Check out the link gals, if you wanna find out the facts. Another excellent website to check out is: www.jenniferlewis.com It is an interactive site much like AllDeaf where women...

There really isn't any difference in the BTE and body worn other than with the body worn, more programs are capable of being downloaded (depending on what brand you are getting). I chose both BTE and body worn, but honestly I never use the body worn. Just sits in a drawer at home gathering...

I was born in 1973... Nancy and other 70's kids, I chuckled at all the stuff I remembered from your lists.... I used to love all the popular 70's tv shows... 6 Million Dollar Man, the Bionic Woman (I had a Bionic Woman Halloween costume), Wonder Woman, Hawaii 5-0, etc... We grew up in a...

Lil Country Gal, No you are not alone. I have it too. Very very badly, in fact.. Stage 4 and have had numerous painful cysts.. This past year I had three surgeries within 6 months. The last surgery was a Laparatomy (open your tummy like a c-section) to repair my bowel because I had Endo...

I was lucky because I was hired by a company that didn't seem to be fazed by my deafness. I work for a big Health Insurance corporation and most of the job functions do involve telephone usage. During my interview 7 years ago, my hiring manager and I conducted the interview in a mixture of...

When I was growing up, I had a dog named Sam that looked like Snoopy. Sam was very well known and liked around our small town. He had a wonderful life because we never chained or tied him up and he was free to roam around town wherever he liked. Lots of people loved him and he became skilled at...

Oh, another thing.. one similarity between CI's and digital aids that I can think of, is that both are computer programmable for sound adjustment but I think that's the only similar part... of course I could be putting my foot in my mouth here though, and get flamed by digital wearers out there...

Awww bummer! Sorry to hear your surgery was postponed.. I know a few people who had the same thing happen to them.. but at least you still will have your surgery eventually.. just at a later time! I had another type of surgery postponed once too.. really frustrating and nerve wracking. You'll...

The core message does ring true whether or not the email itself is true or false. Many many Deaf kids who are forced into the "hearing" world at a young age, going to speech therapy, etc.. feel very very lonely. I know I did! I didn't get a CI until I was an adult and I'm very happy with it, but...

When I was 3 or 4 I attended pre school.... on a bus. We lived in a small rural town, and the school building did not have classroom space for a pre-school class, so the solution was to have a "traveling" pre school stop in different rural communities each day. Kind of like a Bookmobile (if...