Are you wearing HA, CI or never?

HA, CI, Never

  • wearing HA in whole life

    Votes: 30 48.4%

  • used to have HA and now CI

    Votes: 9 14.5%

  • used to have HA and never wear now

    Votes: 9 14.5%

  • used to have HA & CI and don't wear now

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • Never have HA and wear CI now

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • wear HA/CI both

    Votes: 6 9.7%

  • I'm deaf/hoh and never wear HA in whole life

    Votes: 3 4.8%

  • I'm hearing and never have HA

    Votes: 2 3.2%
  • Total voters
    62
~♥~Pinky~♥~ said:
I didn't know that you had CI and not anymore for medical reason. I understand. I don't blame on you. My cousin has CI. His first CI wasn't working. He got re-surgery to change a new implant for free. He can hear better with new CI than old CI. He have no problem with CI so far. What kind of medical reason? Like headache or tinnitus? I have one friend who have CI. He got headache and need to repair and re-surgery for adjust. He got back to normal from headache.
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My internal CI were partly damaged from head accident by car when I was cruise with skateboard, I went black out and my friend brought me to emergency and got fed up in MRI in last minute, however they don't know if I have internal CI until they found metal/magnet then stopped it so quickly, it was happened in 6 years ago, just shortly after I stopped wear CI when start freshmen.
 
Foxrac said:
My internal CI were partly damaged from head accident by car when I was cruise with skateboard, I went black out and my friend brought me to emergency and got fed up in MRI in last minute, however they don't know if I have internal CI until they found metal/magnet then stopped it so quickly, it was happened in 6 years ago, just shortly after I stopped wear CI when start freshmen.
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Ouch. I am sorry to hear. Did you remove your implant from your head?
 
~♥~Pinky~♥~ said:
Ouch. I am sorry to hear. Did you remove your implant from your head?
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Not yet, not gonna be happen due my insurance won't cover to remove at this time, also more risky and I just have got deal with that, it was very painful after accident then went back to normal in several days after took special medicine.

I'm currently don't have insurance now.
 
I wear HA, but only since I was 19 years old, before this my teachers and parents just thought I was stupid and a day dreamer.
 
Used to have HA, but it was no help for me at all. Threw it out in grade school, tried again in middle school and threw it out. HS did the same, but this time by my freshman year, I threw it out for good and by throwing it out, I meant I just refused to wear it :)
 
Foxrac said:
Not yet, not gonna be happen due my insurance won't cover to remove at this time, also more risky and I just have got deal with that, it was very painful after accident then went back to normal in several days after took special medicine.

I'm currently don't have insurance now.
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That's suck. How about your parents' insurance? Are you under their insurance?
 
I forget to poll about me. I'm wearing HA in my whole life. Sometime off on off on. It's not 100 percent perfect to hear anything. I am still profoundly deaf.
 
~♥~Pinky~♥~ said:
That's suck. How about your parents' insurance? Are you under their insurance?
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No, not anymore after 19th birthday because of not live with them and not full time student at school at this time and I will be on their insurance again when move back with them and full-time student at school, also live with them but not full time student aren't quality to be insured under parent, it means I must have covered by medicaid or get insurance under my work, I only have medicaid right, it's better than nothing but more limited.
 
Foxrac said:
No, not anymore after 19th birthday because of not live with them and not full time student at school at this time and I will be on their insurance again when move back with them and full-time student at school, also live with them but not full time student aren't quality to be insured under parent, it means I must have covered by medicaid or get insurance under my work, I only have medicaid right, it's better than nothing but more limited.
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Does medicaid cover getting cochlear implants or removing them ?
 
Wear HAs all of my life and rely on my one HA heavily when in a non-signing environment. I find it odd that many parents say that HAs dont work for their kids after having them try it on for a short time. It takes years to get trained well with HAs. Not gonna happen overnight so when I read about stuff like that, it makes me shake my head. Seems like people want a quick fix these days.
 
shel90 said:
Wear HAs all of my life and rely on my one HA heavily when in a non-signing environment. I find it odd that many parents say that HAs dont work for their kids after having them try it on for a short time. It takes years to get trained well with HAs. Not gonna happen overnight so when I read about stuff like that, it makes me shake my head. Seems like people want a quick fix these days.
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The reason why HAs are not work for their kids for short time since kids receive CI. That is why. It's same with my cousin put her son HAs when he was baby for try. It was not work. She got him implants. It's her decide. She didn't want to be same as me when I was kid. She want her son to be good life with CI.. If I receive CI and my life will be GREAT for education and get HS diploma for SURE. I need to understand the environment of sound world and culture. I never understand the sound in culture because I'm totally deaf in my whole life.
 
Foxrac said:
No, not anymore after 19th birthday because of not live with them and not full time student at school at this time and I will be on their insurance again when move back with them and full-time student at school, also live with them but not full time student aren't quality to be insured under parent, it means I must have covered by medicaid or get insurance under my work, I only have medicaid right, it's better than nothing but more limited.
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I understand. I don't blame on you. It take your time to have an insurance. :)
 
~♥~Pinky~♥~ said:
The reason why HAs are not work for their kids for short time since kids receive CI. That is why. It's same with my cousin put her son HAs when he was baby for try. It was not work. She got him implants. It's her decide. She didn't want to be same as me when I was kid. She want her son to be good life with CI.. If I receive CI and my life will be GREAT for education and get HS diploma for SURE. I need to understand the environment of sound world and culture. I never understand the sound in culture because I'm totally deaf in my whole life.
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So you are saying that a person cant have a great life as a deaf person? Be careful what you say or imply here.

My brother is completely deaf and cant hear and he is getting his Master's and he has a great life.

Also, I have a strong knowledge of HAs and CIs due to the field I work in, thank you.
 
shel90 said:
So you are saying that a person cant have a great life as a deaf person? Be careful what you say or imply here.

My brother is completely deaf and cant hear and he is getting his Master's and he has a great life.

Also, I have a strong knowledge of HAs and CIs due to the field I work in, thank you.
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I am talking about parents implanted to children. They wanted children to have a good life. If deaf family with deaf children. It will be no problem. It depend on individual. You and your brother are lucky.
 
~♥~Pinky~♥~ said:
I am talking about parents implanted to children. They wanted children to have a good life. If deaf family with deaf children. It will be no problem. It depend on individual. You and your brother are lucky.
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See, that's the view I disagree with. If those parents think that the CI will give their deaf children a good life, they are supporting the audist views that being deaf is inferior to being hearing.
 
Tinkerbell said:
Yeah- I agree with thiat. I had horrible headaches from CI. It was really horrible. I still have those headaches everyday no matte what. It never stops daily. I never had a chance to go to doctor to get it removed or have it check up because I havent heard from my doctor in for a long time and they never check with me to have an appointments or anything. It sucks. I deal with the pains and try to be happy though.
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most of the time headache is unrelated to cochlear implant, it could be chronic tension headache or migraine problems, it could be symtoms of hidden problems, check in with your doctor get CT scan your head, try couple medications to see if it help.
also doctor dont makes appointment for you or call to check up on you, you have to call his office to set up the appointment yourself its how it work.
 
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