deafness – Page 2 – My Hearing Loss Story

My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 5 – It’s a Date!

It’s finally happening! I have a date for my cochlear implant (CI) surgery. After 8 years and 2 months since

I recently moved to a new house. It was a Friday and a friend of my partner whom I had

Image by Nikhil Kurian from Pixabay “You would’ve thought they’d have learned the first time, wouldn’t you?!” commented the stranger

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay As I write this blog, it is November 30th, 2023, and I have been living with single-sided

I awoke from a deep satisfying sleep with my first memory being a blurry vision of my boyfriend. Well, it

…The specialist only briefly addressed my noise sensitivity. It had been my understanding from my previous appointment, with the previous

The first thing he said to me was that I would never get my hearing back. There was no greeting.

It is one year since the day in the auditorium when I suddenly lost the hearing in my left ear.

I was sitting opposite her, at her desk. The tip of her nose was a smudgy black, and the area

…As soon as he entered the room, the practitioner began to work on my neck. It felt like he was