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I've been using a Shakeawake travel alarm on a daily basis for years now, it's never let me down or failed to wake me. The vibration is very strong for its size even when the batteries are running low. I don't think you'll be able to get it to buzz and vibrate, the controls are very basic and...

I was wondering if anyone knows for sure if different types of batteries can actually affect the sound quality with a cochlear implant, specifically an Esprit 22. I swear the sound's a lot more tinny with Rayovac batteries than it is with PowerOne types. Rayovacs only seem to last half as long...

I don't understand that statment. My implant has 22 channels, though I think they only turned on 20. Isn't the current line 24 channels? Granted, i'm thinking of the Cochlear's own Nucleus systems, which are pretty much the only ones you can get in the UK. I don't know much about what you have...

I don't know if my story's of any interest or use to anyone these days, but here it is anyway. I went deaf aged 7 from meningitis in 1986. I got no benefit whatsoever from any type of Hearing Aid they tried on me, so in 1990 I was selected as a candidate for a Cochlear Implant. I was 10...

My name's Richard, i'm from near Glasgow, Scotland. Went deaf from meningitis in 1986, recieved a Cochlear Implant in 1990, I apparently have the dubious honour of being the first child in Scotland to recieve a CI. I've never felt like part of a deaf community due to anti-CI sentiments, got...