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I was packing all my stuff for my trip to TN today... I put my cochlear stuff (battery charger, disposables, drystore) in my nifty little travel bag from cochlear. It's a no brainer for me... I was wondering if anybody else has a favorite accessory or tool for your CI from whatever company you...

The other day at work (i work at a grocery store), I was having a technical issue with a coupon at my terminal that needed a manager's approval before I could continue with the order. I paged the manager on duty to my terminal, and she took a very long time in getting there. She was in the back...

The disability advisor at my college is a piece of trash! I have contacted him several times about being able to take my placement test in the disability center because that is my preference. Every time I email him, he will reply to my question but asks me to CALL him to schedule an appointment...

I am 18 and live with my parents. I am about to graduate and go to a community college in the fall. My parents are very religious and very controlling, everything has to be preapproved by them or they punish me. The biggest conflict currently is the man I am in love with. We have been together...

My best friend and I are going to florida with my mom on sunday. we're going to be riding rollercoasters, at least we plan to. I have a cochlear implant on my left side... is there any real risk?

I have a CI in my right ear, and I joined this forum before I was implanted. It disturbs me to read the vehemently anti-CI threads all over this board. The bottom line is CI's are not for every deaf person! Those who have chosen to implant themselves or their children do it because they truly...

I had a job interview today at a grocery store. I've been in the grocery business since last June. The woman interviewing me asked me how I communicate with customers, I felt that her attitude was insensitive and unfair... My question is do companies have a responsibility towards those with...

I was recently implanted and activated with the Nucleus Freedom... I'm a bit of a daredevil and I was wondering, are extreme activities frowned upon for CI users? I'm not sure what the restrictions are...

I started to think about police tasers the other day, in light of a story about a deaf man being tasered after he repeatedly told the police he is deaf: <br>http://www.kwch.com/global/story.asp?s=7446220 Would being tasered have an adverse affect on CI's and other electronically implanted...

Hi, I got my cochlear implant on weds. The only complication from the surgery was that my ear canal was cut when the doctor found and cut away scar tissue from my first ear surgery. I want to know though, is it normal to feel the under the skin part? I feel rather uncomfortable. How long does...

Hi everybody! I'm kind of nervous about being here, so I'm going to go with the name Elizabeth... Elie for short. I'm a 17 year old oral deaf... I wear a hearing aid and do not sign fluently. I've been out of the deaf world loop for a couple of years and missed it, so here I am. :D