hospital – My Hearing Loss Story

My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 6 – Surgery Day!

12th November, 2024 I woke up from my cochlear implant surgery to the familiar sight of the anaesthetist, his wild

At 8am the night-shift nurses said their goodbyes to me, and new staff started to enter the room. An hour

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

We were waiting in a room full of voices and echoes and were discussing how to pronounce the word for

Eight weeks after experiencing sudden hearing loss in my left ear, I was back at the hospital to have a test

The next morning, after seeing another specialist, I had a visit from the doctor who I had initially seen when

My first night in the room was an upsetting one and I felt like I was also imposing my distress

It was Monday, three weeks after I’d experienced the sudden hearing loss in my left ear, and there was still

Having seen my GP again, after a week of taking the anti-inflammatory tablets with no improvement, I was then referred