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Showing posts with label cochlear implant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cochlear implant. Show all posts

Friday, June 24, 2016

A Million Thanks to AB

Archive note, updated September 2026: This personal milestone was originally published in 2016. The spelling, formatting, links, and vide...

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Ten Percent

Archive note, updated September 2026: This pre-activation update was originally published in 2016. The spelling and formatting have been re...

Saturday, April 19, 2014

HAPPY ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY TO ME

“Silence is still golden.”   A few years ago from this month I woke up and sound was gone.   I lost my hearing permanentl...

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Jeff’s Cochlear Implant Activation

Archive note, updated September 2026: This activation story was originally published in 2013. The wording, formatting, and video player have...

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

New Adventure

  November 1st, 2013 - Cochlear Implant I have been deaf for two years.  I lost my hearing suddenly as the resu...

Friday, October 25, 2013

Recovery - What Should I Watch

         I will be home from cochlear implant surgery November 2nd.  My surgery is November 1st but I am staying the night at...

Monday, October 21, 2013

T-Minus 9 Days

MORE DAYS Anticipating Great Things, Anxious at times, and Amazed! It is going to be an amazing experience - get my hearing back...

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Cochlear Implant - Family Thoughts

                                        KAREN'S THOUGHTS ON JEFF GETTING A CI "From...

Cochlear Implant

                                        I want to hear! I can’t stand my hearing aids. I have...

Thursday, October 3, 2013

DEFINE: EXPECT

Expectations, we all have them.  We may not like knowing we have them but we do.  We expect our alarm clock to go off at a certain hour so...

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

I CAN BREATHE and JEFF EAR UPDATE

I CAN BREATHE . Last night was the first night I breathed through my nose and didn't snore.  Now I have to get my wife to stop sn...

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Rollar-Coaster Day

"Excited" in ASL Today was a roller-coaster of a day.  I woke up not in the best of moods.  I was feeling sad a...

Monday, September 3, 2012

Bionics

What color should I get?  This is the cochlear implant external processor I put on my head.  They have some cool colors. The technolo...

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Cowardly Lion Needs Courage

Wizard of Oz Who was your favorite character in the movie "Wizard of Oz"?  And please don't say Dorot...