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Excuse Me, but I have to disagree, many people have died because of deafness, or have you forgotten about the tragic death of Miss Teen Texas a few years ago, she was struck and killed by a train because she was Deaf and could not hear the train or the warning whistle! I do not have statistics...

Question on Hearing Aids Hi Pepse01, Like hohDoug, I too lost my hearing rather suddenly, (I went from mild loss to Severe overnight then to Profound a couple months later again overnight) so I have a very good appreciation for what I had lost and what I was able to get from Hearing Aids...

Teaching Ivan to Read I had to point out something more when I read this post, you have just discovered a wonderful tool, if Ivan likes to pay attention to you on the computer and you have success with teaching him words (and even single letters) then signing each one KEEP IT UP! you might...

I remember starting my first reply to you telling you my perspective - A very Happy CI Patent so please keep that in mind. To answer your question to me yes I did try a hearing aid and used it faithfully for 18 months until my CI was activated. The aid was of very little use to me from the...

Re: Father Confused Hi Ivan's Dad, First of all I want to tell you I am a late deafened adult (my wife would argue about the Adult part so let’s not go there) and a very happy Cochlear Implant user. So please keep that in mind my comments are from a very satisfied patient’s perspective. I...

WTG on your Activation :) Congrats, sounds like you are off to a great start, I have had my CI activated for just over a year now and it has been nothing short of AMAZING! As far as tips, a journal is a great idea and can be a huge help when mapping, I also used to carry around a small...

Very Cool Darkangel, I am very happy for you, it sounds like you are off to a great start. If you are not only understanding speech but you can discrimenate between different voices on your first day it should mean you will have allot of success with your CI. You still have a long way to go but...

Hello Seibs, welcome to the site. I am not really that close to your age, I am an old bugger darn near 50 Yikes, except my wife says I am more like 5 not grown up yet...lol I am also late deafeaned which is not like your situation either, but glad you are here, and happy to swap stories...

Congrats DefLord WTG, Sounds to me like you are making great progress for just a couple of days activated. I was activated in July, and I still have problems with music, but speech is great. I can also relate to the Overload, it is allot to take in the beginning, but in my experience you should...

Congrats DA, I had Implant Surgery in June and I am having GREAT results so far and it gets better every day :) :cheers: Gig

Gas prices — Gouge the comsumer ¡ Hey Lisa I "Hear" ya, we are paying $1.399 per litre now too. The price was .88¢ last week and it is almost double in 10 days. I have to travel for a living so this hits me VERY Hard. The worst part is I live right beside the largest refinery in North...

Hello knutrykyd, I am not sure about all of the terms used to describe people with "Hearing Loss" and the true definations either. I am quite sure I am "Late Deafened" I lost my hearing at age 42 (yeah ouch is right I am close to 50 now DAM that hurts...lol) I lost it quite rapidly and used...

mld4ds, I am not sure where you got the idea that a CI destroys brain cells :-o or why you would even think it does. I have one and I am sure I have the same number of brain cells I had before surgery, although my wife might agree with you...lol Age, and booze have killed more of my brain cells...

CI-Cochlear Implant Dreamy, I am suprised you did not catch it from the title of this thread, CI means Cochlear Implant. There are to many acnoryms used today and that is a problem I think, but since I received my "CI" I just got used to the term. I have visited you BEAUTIFUL state twice...

Chisel & a Drill, who did the operation a witch Dr??? Well Diehard I am not sure where your friend had their surgery or who did the operation are you sure it was not a witch doctor? I just had CI surgery in June and I watched the video of my surgery and there was no hammer, or chisel, they...

Cecelia's Story Hear Again, "Ceceila's Story" is available except now it is on DVD AB sent me a copy back in May. I am sure if you check their website you can request the DVD. "Ears Hopin"

Talk about an obsession I read this thread with great intrest and I really don't want to be dragged into it, BUT I am a sucker for sticking my neck out. deafdyke you and breezy really have a bad hate on for the CI Chat on Hearing Exchange, that is sad but if the chat was as bad as your examples...

some more useful information??? Angel I love your post, I really need to know that stuff...lol and here are some more really important things everyone should know. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee...

Hello every1 I am new to this form and I guess this is the spot I use to introduce myself. I am one of those old buggers (darn near 50). I lost my hearing about 4 years ago rather suddenly from some sort of Auto-Immune diease, (I never did find out exactly what it was) I wore a hearing aid...

Questions about CI Surgery Hello Darkangel, the others are right there area always risks with any surgery, but CI surgery is not one of the more risky operations. I was implanted in June and I must say for me it was a "walk in the park" I know others have had some probelms after surgery but...