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In this Hearing World, how do you fit in?

Posted by joangela @joangela, Apr 4, 2019

Do you fit in? As my hearing get's worse, I feel like I am fading out. How do you keep in the circle of things? I feel like my hearing family just accepts that I don't hear well. Rather than pulling me along with them, making me a part of what is going on, I am left in silence. Maybe it is just that they don't know anything else to do.

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Julie, Volunteer Mentor | @julieo4 | Apr 7, 2019
In reply to @bookysue "Hi all- I am a candidate as welll and my doc I can wait a year..." + (show)
@bookysue

Hi all- I am a candidate as welll and my doc I can wait a year . I talked to someone who has them for years. She says she is okay with Music . She replaced them last year . That’s my fear even with the company I chose - Advanced Bionics . Better with phones is what I have been hearing. It be great someone do a journal of their journey each day. It’s is a month after implants put in Thst they are activated.

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I was implanted with Cochlear America's Freedom implant in 2005, and upgraded to the N6 after 9 years with the Freedom processor. I'll be ready for the N7 soon. I am extremely pleased with the product, its reliability and its functionality. I enjoy music; especially music that I knew before my hearing loss progressed to the severe level. It takes a bit more work with new music, especially the heavy metal stuff that we shouldn't be exposing our ears to anyway. 🙂 I have grand kids who play in rock bands, so I do get my share of that. (They do wear musician's ear plugs...under protest at first, but immediately they discovered they could hear themselves sing when they were using them. They are now advocates.) Yesterday I had the opportunity to try the new captioning system GalaPro, at our local performing arts center for the Broadway musical "Come From Away". It was a fantastic. The PAC also has a hearing loop installed. With both the loop and GalaPro, I didn't miss a beat. I understood the words and enjoyed the music! I am so thankful to HLAA for empowering people with hearing loss to advocate for these technologies! That includes cochlear implants. My only regret about having a cochlear implant is that I didn't do it years sooner! It's life changing. Don't wait!

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Beverly Zwahlen | @bdzwahlen | Apr 7, 2019
In reply to @joangela "Hello. Apparently I am a candidate for cochlear implants, I am just not ready for that...." + (show)
@joangela

Hello. Apparently I am a candidate for cochlear implants, I am just not ready for that. Good luck to you with yours in May. I have heard some real good things about them. 😁

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If you don't mind me asking what's holding you back from getting a cochlear implant? I will do anything to maximize my hearing lifestyle as it so important to your overall health, not to mention being able to enjoy life to it's fullest.

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bookysue | @bookysue | Apr 7, 2019
In reply to @bdzwahlen "If you don't mind me asking what's holding you back from getting a cochlear implant? I..." + (show)
@bdzwahlen

If you don't mind me asking what's holding you back from getting a cochlear implant? I will do anything to maximize my hearing lifestyle as it so important to your overall health, not to mention being able to enjoy life to it's fullest.

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If you have family and or full working life with Muggles then yes I feel you should get Cohlear implants sooner rather than later. At the hearing loss conventions last 2 years, the Cohlear s seemed to fare well.Hearing loss grous mhaving the convention in Rochester, New York. I am going . I have enough hearing to do well enough . I want the purity of music.

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wassy2019 | @wassy2019 | Apr 8, 2019
In reply to @julieo4 "I was implanted with Cochlear America's Freedom implant in 2005, and upgraded to the N6 after..." + (show)
@julieo4

I was implanted with Cochlear America's Freedom implant in 2005, and upgraded to the N6 after 9 years with the Freedom processor. I'll be ready for the N7 soon. I am extremely pleased with the product, its reliability and its functionality. I enjoy music; especially music that I knew before my hearing loss progressed to the severe level. It takes a bit more work with new music, especially the heavy metal stuff that we shouldn't be exposing our ears to anyway. 🙂 I have grand kids who play in rock bands, so I do get my share of that. (They do wear musician's ear plugs...under protest at first, but immediately they discovered they could hear themselves sing when they were using them. They are now advocates.) Yesterday I had the opportunity to try the new captioning system GalaPro, at our local performing arts center for the Broadway musical "Come From Away". It was a fantastic. The PAC also has a hearing loop installed. With both the loop and GalaPro, I didn't miss a beat. I understood the words and enjoyed the music! I am so thankful to HLAA for empowering people with hearing loss to advocate for these technologies! That includes cochlear implants. My only regret about having a cochlear implant is that I didn't do it years sooner! It's life changing. Don't wait!

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thank you for mentioning GalaPro - i just downloaded it. too bad they are not yet in Los Angeles where I live - hopefully one day they will be. glad it is helpful to u -it's the future!

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