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I just joined here because my daughter who has always been profoundly deaf in her right ear since birth (she is now 27), suddenly went moderately / severely deaf in her left ear 2 months ago. At present her hearing aid on the left ear is causing amplified surrounding noise and its driving her crazy to go out into public/noisy places. She is finding it very difficult to come to terms with this sudden loss and going through huge saddness. There has been talk of cochlear implant on her right ear but some are saying because that ear has never heard before that it would be silly to implant it. Some are saying the risk of losing everything if implanting goes to the left ear is too precious to risk. Some are saying she should continue to battle on with what she can get from the hearing aid. She can only do one on one conversations - she cannot talk in a group situation, she cannot hear the checkout girl in the supermarket over the surrounding noises, she cannot hear or distinguish music (which she loved), and she cannot watch tv without reading subtitles and needs to be looking at someone to be having a one on one conversation. I am sorry if I seem to not understand all about this. I am in shock and just dont know what to do or the best way to help her come to grips with this. This is like losing an arm or leg - it is so life changing and I know we have to move on and come to grips with this.....but how and where and what devices to use and are best? I'm also not real good with forums and computers in general and couldnt find the "introduce myself" page so just blundered in on this topic. (apologies .....didnt mean to hijack it)