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    Cochlear Implant batteries

    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...
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    My Cochlear Implant experience.

    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...
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    Quick hello

    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...
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