80-year-old Barbara recently received bilateral cochlear implants, and shares how life has been improving for her each and every day. ————– “I thought to myself, “How could they possibly be as good as they claimed? Would they really be the answer to my problem?”” I was born in Richmond, Virginia, and moved to Hampton 57
After using a cochlear implant on one ear for 6 months, Yelena decided get a second CI and shares her experience of what it’s like to go bilateral.
When you have a child with hearing loss, all your focus as a parent may be on their language development and speech production. It’s important to remember that their social-emotional development is just as important! Some ways to do this include the building of trust, loving touches, think- aloud and using emotional vocabulary. The following
Are you thinking of going bilateral? Find out about Ruth’s experience, an adult bilateral CI user from the United Kingdom. Ruth completed a Master’s degree at university and works as a university librarian. In her last post, Ruth shared how her CIs helped her to achieve her musical goals of singing and playing the clarinet.
Born deaf, 29-year-old Ruth is a singer and has a passion for music. Despite the barriers of hearing loss, Ruth began learning the clarinet at 8-years-old while using high-powered hearing aids. After hearing aids weren’t giving her the performance she needed, Ruth got her first CI at 13 years old. Ten years later at 23 years