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My friend has bilateral N7's, and she has to hold the phone up to speak into it for the other person to hear her when using the Bluetooth feature. She doesn't have to hold the phone up like normal people do to hear it (because Bluetooth streams the call straight to her CIs), but needs to hold it...

better than being called an "Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb" like the very early schools were called in the 1800s. Yes, there are schools for the Deaf and Blind, that's just how it is. The schools were built in mind for Deaf and/or Blind, and named as such.

Yep, what LoveBlue said. :) Born hearing, became deaf at 26 months from meningitis.

HIB bacterial meningitis when I was 26 months old.

My friend has a Cigna plan through her employer and she was able to get both of her CIs covered (first implant in Aug., 2nd in Dec.). It all depends on what plan you end up with. AB is also pretty good at appealing on your behalf and working with the insurance directly as well.

Versa Effect does have subtitles. I think all of the ASL Films movies I bought have subtitles.

It varies from surgeon to surgeon. Some prefer having their patients wait up to 4 weeks before activation, others are fine with doing activation sooner. Both of my activations took place not quite 2 weeks after surgery (13 days with left ear, 11 or 12 days with right). I even know of someone...

There are no guarantees it will reduce/eliminate tinnitus. I still have tinnitus in my right ear, the implant didn't make a difference.

Not all deaf/hoh folks are going to be able to use the dome-things with their hearing aids, earmolds are a must for some people. Would be stupid of the hearing aid industry to do away with earmolds completely. I don't know where you are at in Colorado, but if possible, check with Rocky Mountain...

LOL! The watch, I had that same experience. I never set the alarm on the watch or anything, so I have no idea how it got turned on but one day I started hearing this beeping sound. Went around the apartment, checked the smoke detectors and anything else that might beep. Beep disappeared, only...

I would definitely have the coil replaced first, as that would be the cheaper solution (if it's no longer under warranty). I am not familiar with Cochlear products, but in my case (with Advanced Bionics), when sound is cutting in and out, I replace the cable on my coil first thing and that...

Yes. This site was created BY CI users; not CI manufacturers. Folks with different brands of CI have input on this site.

LOL the ceiling fan clicking. Yeah, that sound really started bothering me last week so I finally turned the fan off. It's gotten a bit cooler here so I don't need the fan on anyway. Amazing the little tiny sounds the CIs can pick up on, huh?

I have a friend that will be getting her N7 in a couple of weeks. She was activated in late August with the N6, and will be trading in the N6 for the N7. She's excited about it.

I quite enjoy her vlogs. Informative, funny, and entertaining!

I actually have 2 numbers for Sprint. One for my Sprint IP app on my iphone, and another one for my online account when I'm at the computer. I have never given out the online one, but will often make calls from my laptop. For incoming calls, that goes to the Sprint app on my iphone (and I do...

Any time there's a "middle person" for phone calls, the other end gets confused and don't want to deal with it haha. I once called because I needed to reset the password for my 401k account, called through Sprint IP. Dude on the other end said he couldn't accept my call because of the "middle...

I have my own number through Sprint Relay, for text relay. That is how I make my phone calls, I call out using Sprint IP on the internet or as an app on my phone, and I give out my personal Sprint number for people to call me on. They can leave a message with the operator if I am unable to...

Woo! Congrats on your new handsome little boy!

Hearing people are always going to forget. Family should be able to remember to face you and ensure you can understand them, close friends too even. But co-workers can be a different story. I've had issues when I worked at Walmart... I was talking to my supervisor and a coworker was behind me...