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You made the right choice. Now your son looks up to you, so all you have to do is teach him the proper way. One world, one god, one universe, share it with others. I am so tired of bickering people who thinks are the best, wrong, or mistaken. Just teach your son to be a good person and...

Mookie, Medicaid and medicare are in government benefits. I am sure they review all of my medical records including CI's surgeries. :angel:

AllDeaf, I agree it takes some time for your brain to learn the sounds. It took me two weeks to a month to get adapted at first. It was a rough experience for me in the beginning. But I was impressed that I was able to learn and memorize the sounds so fast. I thought this will take a year...

Mookie, I was wearing my CI when I went in with my boyfriend to talk to his agent at the government benefits' office because we just moved in together. We had to set things straight about common law. We are not married and will not be for a while. The agent was asking me questions, he has all...

Deafdyke, There are alot of snobs out there in the world, does not matter if they are related to deaf or not. Just ignore them because you are a better person than them. I ignore them because they are not worth wasting my time. If they decide to become a snob then that is their problem now, not...

Diehardbiker, I completely disagree with you 100 percent about once getting CI, you are off from SSA, SSI and SSD for life. No, no, no, no!!!! :nono: CI only helps you to clarify in hearing loss does not mean to make you a hearing person. I got them three times and guess what I am still...

Ab Dear DarkAngel, That is wonderful that your AB is doing wonders to you. My best friend, old counselor and 6th grade teacher had Advanced Bionics. That was the reason; I got the first CI implanted after her. She still inspires me but mostly it was my decision to go for it. Advanced...

Brand war? Dear Boult, Did I mention about brand war? I just put up the post of my experience. I did mentioned that "All of them are great but we all have to depend which is best for us individually?" Please reread my post again. As I was taught not to say a bad comment; if there is a...

update on freedom Thank you R2D2, I am doing well. Went to get mapping yesterday. All, the electrodes are still on and so far doing so good. Even though, this freedom is not sharp as advanced bionics yet. My next mapping will be in 2 weeks and a hearing test. Hopefully, I am back to where I am...

Bionics vs other cochlear implants Hi guys, I have read all of your posts. It is really interesting that a lot of them have different opinions. Let me tell you about my experience, I got my first one which is Hi Resolution on my left ear back in 2003, it was unsuccessful because it made facial...