Guest guest Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hi CI Hear, Let me introduce myself. My name is Tom. I am a late deafened adult male, age 64, and have lost my hearing gradually over the past 30 years. I finally qualified for a Cochlear Implant in the past 5 months. Will be implanted on this coming Friday, April 22nd. Device will be a Cochlear Nucleus 5. Presently a member of ALDA and really enjoy that group. I imagine that several of the members there are also members on this forum. I have a very, very understanding wife, , that supports me and assists me with my hearing needs. Hopefully, we will be attending the ALDA Con in Indianapolis, IN this fall. Many of the members of ALDA are CI users. It was because of these CI users that I started pursuing a CI for myself. I have been educating myself about the CI surgery and now have a pretty good idea what lies ahead. What I would like to learn from this group is how to get trained with my new device. I realize that an audiologist will start me with the initial training when the device is first turned on. I'd like to learn what I can do for myself to speed up and fortify my hearing. Thank you in advance for your understanding, Tom & Hagney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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