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As being in VA- I can't answer "mikemike". It should be "easy to test"-do it. VCO means Voice Carry over. I understand the operator is "hearing" for "you" keying back on the screen what the other party is saying while "you" can speak. aside: I live in Ontario Canada and does use a VCO TTY...

Angel: consider very carefully "deafdyke" last sentence: because each of us have "different" Hearing loss characteristics hard to generalize to anyone else-especially on computers. The actual experience of Sunnybrook Cochlear Implant section-validates that.

:D :wave:Hi Angel: In my past experience-I didn't hear anything in my right ear since 1991. I still used my Hearing aid for the left ear- till I became bilateral DEAF in 2006. Thus the start of determining if a Cochlear Implant was "suitable". It was. Thus the operation in July 2007...

Angel: First Cochlear Implants are considered when a person doesn't hear at all with their Hearing Aid. aside: I had Phonak LL6 for many years. I lost all hearing in my right ear in 1991. Lost in 2006- left ear. I was in the Profound lost category for many years Considered and accepted for a...

Interesting- 5km swimming in ONE hour! works out to 200 laps in a 25 metre pool/40 laps per KM. addenda: 100 laps in a 50 meter pool/20 laps per KM. Doesn't change the distance covered in one hour. Probably the weather may have some effect on outdoor swimmng. aside: do go daily...

Isn't the hearing aids adusted to your exact condition? aise: mine were.

Hi Anne: If I understand you correctly a Hearing aid gives you some "hearing". If that is correct why would you consider a Cochlear Implant? Generally speaking-Implants are considered only if " a person's hearing aid" is of no use - "hear nothing" . Aside: that was the point I was at...

On the face of it-seems one must start taking "drugs/alcohol" which is a "choice". However the effect on one's body after Ingesting over an " extended period of Time" might/will have start the "process of addiction" At what level for who-specific to that person. The dictionary definition-...

Found a book in the public library "The Holotropic Mind" Stanislav Grof MD, HarperOne NewYork 1993. library #150.198 240 pages What I noticed there is no reference: Deafness/Hearing Also "seems our thinking" is "formed" in our mother's uterus. Aside: first time have ever heard of such...

As I understand- a speaking deaf person can phone-anyone using a VCO TTY. The other party uses their regular phone.. Aside: I have/use VCO TTY since 1996. I can speak and the Relay operator-711 keys back what the other party is saying. Not difficult to use or understand. To be very...

I understand in Psychology there are ongoing discussions RE: how does one deal with "problems"- re:"hearing loss or deafness". Being "passive" helpless or Assertive" deal forthwith on an ongoing basis withour being "apologetic" all the time. aside:the above came from the Canadian Hearing...

711 is the Relay Service. To use it-one must have VCO TTY phone. One can speak and read what the other party is saying -thanks to the Relay operator. aside: is 711 the number used everywhere? It is in Canada - where I live. I have used my UltraTec1140 since January 1996,

You have a legitimate concern about your hearing given- the response of various doctors. Were these ENT doctors? It is possible to get an appointment with an ENT docior in the hospital near you? As I understand matters-Sensorineural "loss" is entirely different than bone conduction...

Good news of your quick recovery-when is your next appointment? When is the expected appointment of "hooking up the externals? aside: I saw the surgeon 2 weeks after the operation- allowedd to go swimming-if I wanted. Did the next day. The only thing I was not to do to lift hand weights over...

The above opinion from- EmmaLouz: go back to Gabe's original query. If all matters are "sorted out" why ask anyone here in AllDeaf.com? Still stands! aside: perhaps school is much different today than when I was 14? I don't recall studying "sociology"-culture subsection. I was not at that...

Gabe: a footnote for you to "sort out"> How many "voice off" deaf persons using ASL do you know right now? Also: exactly what are YOU doing "right now" to learn ASL? A back track-why are YOU discussing with your "friends" the possiblity of becoming Deaf in 5 years from now? You didn't...

Stampinhand: one concern of yours being 58 at time of operation-Relax! I was 70 at the time of mine 7 years ago. Easily recovered-thanks goodness. Speedy recover and much success in adopting to your new new Cochlear Implant.

Gabe: the decisions: on how YOU deal with future "deafness" is still up to YOU. YOU will have to continue to deal with for the rest of your life. aside: I knew for almost 15 years I would become bilateral DEAF after the right ear "went deaf" in 1991.:wave:. I could still use my Phonal LL6...

To complete the "nightmare country" of the O P only his "variant of deaf" would be accepted. Apparently there is "lots of room" on the moon. Bon Voyage!

To reinforce the obvious-re Cochlear Implants, A DEAF person is NOT fixed just Assisted with the means of electronics. Easy to test-disconnect-what does one "hear"? Aside: my experience with my Cochlear Implant I acknowledge that not all DEAF persons are "suitable" for one That fact...