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Yes, thanks for bringing that to my attention. Apologies to the OP for encouraging the off topic.

Can I ask you a question? Do you believe that CIs make a deaf person not deaf anymore? We are still deaf when we take our CIs off for the night or at any time during the day. The way your post reads, its almost as if you think we've had an operation to become hearing people. I am also...

Not necessarily. Not every profound loss is the same. A loss in some frequencies for example still make the use of a hearing aid of some benefit whereas for others, there is no benefit. It's very hit and miss at profound levels. Also, there may be recruitment, which makes it painful to wear...

I love your flower analogy, Techbill!

I bet it feels really good to be hearing again Skullchick - you must have sooo missed your CI. :)

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Is there anything bad with changing? We all go through life stages where we change or our life takes a different direction. I'm not sure if I would use the "blame" word. I think take "responsibility for" or "take charge of" is better because "blame" implies that change is always a bad thing...

How exciting! :) That is not so long away. I have a 5 year old daughter too. It's a really lovely age isn't it and I'm so enjoying her first year of school.

Yes, that's true, you are absolutely right. However, this isn't really what we are talking about. We are talking about friendships and relationships with hearing people where there is a degree of dependency to the point that it has turned abusive. Sometimes getting a CI can give someone...

Basically what you are hearing is very high pitched sound compared to what you are used to and that's why it comes out like a beep at this point in time. Hearing aids are not as good generally with picking up high frequencies so it can be quite a change for people used to hearing aids. And...

I would not worry too much about the strategies - it's likely that as you have the Freedom you'll either be on ACE or Hi Ace. The other speech strategies were used more with older models of CIs. One bit of technical information I did find useful though was to find out the program speed (ie...

Just one point. Even if you talk to people with different implants, I'm not sure you can judge their experiences in making your own choices about the implant itself. I have two Cochlear Freedom CIs and they sound quite different in both ears. Not better or worse but different and...

So, are you getting the replacement free of charge under the one time replacement policy? Just need to clarify as I am a bit unsure.

Yes, and the fact that CIs for the most part replaces natural hearing with artificial hearing is not something to be taken lightly, even if the natural hearing is not as good as normal hearing. So they might try and achieve the same aim (allowing deaf to hear) but are directed at different...

LOL, no worries. :)

Well, I started with Hi Ace 2400 but then settled comfortably at Ace 900. With the second CI, I told the Audie to start me at 900 and like that. She thinks that those who were born hearing prefer faster program speeds but I've noticed on CI that there are an awful lot of post linguals who love...

Interesting question! I can see how this might happen, particularly if the relationship was unbalanced prior to the CI with the deaf person being dependent on the hearing partner and if the hearing partner abuses that dependency so as to become controlling. After I got my CI I became more...

Yes that is correct. The brain needs time to be able to interpret the sound more naturally and that will come as the maps improve.

Yes I got that too and if you read Raykat's she is getting this. However, for me they turned into high pitched voices and then into more natural sounding voices. Sounds horrible doesn't it? LOL!

Way to go! You are such a stunner too! :)