the DeafBlog: Diary Archives

My Cochlear Implant, by Alison Patuck PART FOUR – life with a cochlear implant

Alison, 26, talks about her cochlear implant experience, in the last of a four-part diary series on the DeafBlog. Read part three here. I had my cochlear implant annual review on 16th November 2004. The CI is now part... continue reading

August 14, 2008 10:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My Cochlear Implant, by Alison Patuck PART THREE – switch on!

Alison, 26, talks about her cochlear implant experience, in the third of a four-part diary series on the DeafBlog. Read part one here and part two here. Until the 9th October, which was my switch on day, I spent... continue reading

July 29, 2008 7:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My Cochlear Implant, by Alison Patuck PART TWO - the operation

Alison, 26, talks about her cochlear implant experience, in the second of a four-part diary series on the DeafBlog. Read part one here Over the course of 2001, I had the usual hearing tests, balance tests, CT, and then... continue reading

July 15, 2008 7:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

My Cochlear Implant, by Alison Patuck

Alison, 26, talks about her cochlear implant experience, in the first of a four-part diary series on the DeafBlog. I had my Cochlear Implant fitted in 2001, and three and a half years on, felt that it was time... continue reading

July 2, 2008 11:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Living with cochlear implants, by Elaine Webster

I was born in 1969 with significant hearing loss as a result of maternal rubella. Although I had no useful hearing in my right ear, I had some hearing in my left ear and benefited for many years from... continue reading

June 18, 2008 12:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Teaching me to hear, by Val Blakely

There were certainly times when I found out my first born was deaf, that I doubted the day he would ever hear. He had severe ear malformations that actually prevented him from receiving a cochlear implant the first attempt.... continue reading

May 29, 2008 11:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mum Annabel talks about how Freddie’s Bahas have really improved his quality of life

Freddie is nine yrs old and has Downs Syndrome. People with Downs Syndrome have an extra chromosome, which in Freddie's case has caused a number of problems including poor hearing. For six years we unsuccessfully tried a number of hearing... continue reading

April 21, 2008 8:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Paul Downes writes about his profound deafness and how a baha implant has added another depth to his hearing

I am 45 years old, married with two daughters aged 22 & 25 and two grandsons. I am profoundly deaf without my hearing aids and first started to lose my hearing pre-school around 1966. I was very fortunate that... continue reading

January 18, 2008 6:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Do nothing ‘til you hear from me

Mine was a very gradual hearing loss. I don’t know when it started – probably at birth. My earliest memories of anything being wrong date from boyhood. Many years later, I came to realise the significance of many things that... continue reading

December 3, 2007 8:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Lyn Kolsteren, a Baha user since 1998 and chairperson of the Baha users support group, tells the story of her hearing dog Liffey

November 2006 The few weeks until I went to the centre for my training week soon passed. The week was like a working holiday, I was very well cared for and made very welcome, as Liffey and I lived and... continue reading

September 21, 2007 4:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Lyn Kolsteren, a Baha user since 1998 and chairperson of the Baha users support group, tells the story of her hearing dog Liffey

October 2006 On the 4th October 2006 I had a letter through the door, with the Hearing Dogs frank on the front. I held my breath and told myself that it was “another newsletter”. But when I opened it the... continue reading

September 12, 2007 7:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The BCIG conference Hello, my name is Margaret and I have been a cochlear implant user since August 2004. On 12th and 13th April I was fortunate to attend the British Cochlear Implant Group’s Annual Conference at the Royal College... continue reading

May 23, 2007 3:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My Baha diary

My name’s Karen, though my mates call me Kazz or Kazzy. I’m 44 years old and I live near Folkestone in Kent. I was about 24 when I first started having hearing problems - the occasional ear infection with... continue reading

November 23, 2006 5:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)