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[Guest guest]

> Welcome to the group . I am so glad to hear that as a SLP student

> you have assignments related to cochlear implants. I am the mom of a 5

> year old little girl and she has bilateral cochlear implants. We live in

> rural MN so when we started the whole process of the CI adventure our

> current SLP (and even her current school SLP) didn't know a lot about CI's

> and how to work with children with them. I should say more specifically

> what there potential is. Please don't think that I am against SLP or

> anything and I totally understand that there are many things that you have

> to learn about and the CI is only one part of it all. I give my SLP's

> everything I can to help them learn and we have learned to work together

> very well. But I also make sure that my daughter also has contact with a

> SLP who has experience (through our medical insurance) so that I make sure

> things don't fall through.

>

> Having said all that I mainly just wanted to say welcome to the group and

> I am glad that you are hear to learn about this all. Please ask any

> questions that you have because we have a wide range of

> people/experiences. I can just say that the cochlear implant has given my

> daughter access to the world that we believe she wanted so much to be a

> part of. I thank God daily for the technology and what she is able to do

> because of her implants.

>

>

> Mom of 4

[Guest guest]

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Hi everyone,

I was implanted on March 10, 2008 and will be activated on April 16, 2008. I

have worn a hearing aid for 44 years in one ear and am deaf in the other.

Looking forward to be activated and being a part of this group.

Vickie

In a message dated 4/5/2008 3:07:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

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Welcome to CI Hear. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the group

and let us get to know you. If you haven't been to the website, you will find a

great deal of information there at http://www..com.

We are glad you joined us.

Alice

CI Hear Listowner

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Thanks Alice my name is Jon Cook and i live in Brisbane Australia.I have

full loss of hearing in my right ear since birth and partial loss in my left

ear which is slowly getting worse i have completed all of the tests and can

have a inplant in either ear but am still unsure of the best option.I have

joined your group to see if there are others who have had to make a similar

choice and any other info regarding cochlear . The web site is excellent

..Jon

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>I am the mother to an eleven year old daughter who is bilaterally

> implanted. Alyssa currently has a Cochlear device and an AB device.

> When her AB device failed we switched centers and reimplanted with the

> Cochlear implant. She immediately preferred her Freedom, so next

> Wednesday she will be reimplanted on the other side with the Cochlear

> device.

>

>

> Mom to Alyssa

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> Good morning,

>

> Thanks very much for the opportunity to enjoy all the advantages of CI

> Hear. I can see already that this is exactly what I need -- clear,

> unbiased, real-world accounts of what CI users have experienced.

>

> One question, please. I think I checked the wrong box when I indicated how

> I would like to receive messages from CI members. Is it possible to get

> just one package of e-mails a day, so I can click on the package to open

> and then scroll down to see the subject line and sender? I apparently

> chose an option to receive each message from members as an individual

> e-mail. I've already gotten nearly 100 e-mails, which are flooding my

> inbox and makes it difficult for me to manage all the information, useful

> as it is. if i ever win the NY state lottery, i'm afraid the notification

> might get lost

>

> I hope I don't sound snarky or cranky by asking this., As I say, CI will

> be a wonderful source of valuable information the the weeks and months

> ahead. I'm just trying to figure out a way to make the information a

> little more manageable.

>

> I'd be very grateful for any advice you could give. Thanks very much --

> and thanks for all the hard work that makes CI Hear possible.

>

> All best,

>

> Yerkes

[Guest guest]

Welcome in, ! I made the same mistake in the beginning and was

overwhelmed by the e-mails! LOL It's easily changed. Looks like has

already forwarded your post to the attention to someone who can make it happen.

hang in there. We're worth it! Jackie )

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[Guest guest]

Its actually quite easy to change email settings. Links are at the

bottom of every email that comes to the group.

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From: " W Dudley " <cochlearusa@...>

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> Well, here goes. My name is W Dudley, age 76, born and raised by

> deaf

> grandparents and operated my own hearing aid dispesning business for over

> 40

> years. Now I try to do volunteer work for the deaf and hard of hearing.

> Please come visit me at www.cochlearusa.com.

[Guest guest]

: Welcome to . Visit today!

>

> Welcome to CI Hear. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the

> group and let us get to know you. If you haven't been to the website, you

> will find a great deal of information there at

http://www..com<http://www..com/>.

>

> We are glad you joined us.

>

> Alice

> CI Hear Listowner

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

: Welcome to . Visit today!

Welcome to CI Hear. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the group

and let us get to know you.

We are glad you joined us.

Alice

CI Hear Listowner