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Here you will find stories from various cochlear implant recipients telling of their struggles and triumphs in their quest to overcome deafness. If you'd like to have your story posted, please submit it for review to info@cihear.com 
 
Stories about adult's with CI's
Stories about children with CI's

Websites with stories about multiple people with CI's 

Adults 

Because Sound is So Important to Me

An account of Alice's 
experience with a CI

Jim Savageau CI Journey

Mike Harrison's Story
Follow Mike as he tells us how he gains sound from his new cochlear implant and what was involved in the process 
Mary Nelson's Story
Mary Nelson tells her CI experience in the form of a diary. 
Very well done. 

Day to Day with my CI
Denise's Story

Debra's Story
About Debra's CI Experience

Todd and Karas Story

Debra's children give their version of what it's like when Mom goes deaf and then has a CI

The CI Story of May Johnson
May's CI Experience

What My Cochlear Implant Means to Me
Julie's Story

The Two Year Mark -
It Will Resolve Iteself

Patti's Story

Debbie and Steve's Story
A Brother and Sister experience the CI Journey Together

Jesse and Rose's Journey
Read about how a husband and wife took the CI Journey together
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Leslie's Journal

Leslie's account of her struggles and eventual success with her cochlear implant.

Howard Miller
A light-hearted poem to celebrate the 3 month anniversary of the activation of his Cochlear implant.

The ABI Story

Device stimulates brain’s hearing center, steps in for tumor-destroyed nerves

Video of an Adult Activation

Hearing sound for the first time at the activation of the cochlear implant

Hear This From Mike

Mike shares his delightful story as published in his newspaper in Canada.

Beth's Story

Beth shares her delight at being able to hear again.

Lee's Story

Deaf at birth, Lee learns to hear after over 40 years without sound.

            

            Linda's Cochlear Implant

A young woman shares her recent cochlear implant experiences with family and friends

A Family Transformed

Deaf Father,Mother and Daughter Gain hearing together thru cochlear implants.

Susan's Journey to Sound

Susan shares her adventure to hearing with a cochlear implant.

Snoopy's Bilateral CI Experience

Join Snoopy as she shares her story as a sequential bilateral CI user.

DefBird's CI Stories

Experiences shared by a long time CI user

Lisa's Activation Story   pdf Format

Lisa's Activation Day Word Doc.

Lisa's First Day of Sound pdf Format

Lisa's First Day of Sound Word Doc

Follow Lisa's journey into sound with the cochlear implant.  Lisa is deaf/blind and sharing her experience here could be helpful to many others who live in a dark/quiet world.

ABI Story

Another great article about the Auditory Brain Stem Implant

Bill Tells His CI Story

Bill was born Deaf.  Read his amazing story of hearing with the cochlear implant.

Deaf Reckoning

Great story written in the Boston Globe

The Miracle of Music Thru My Cochlear Implant

Ruth tells her story of a musical world because of her cochlear implant.

Herb's Story

Not everyone starts off as a success with a CI.  Herb tells his story or persistance to gain what he wanted most - good hearing with his Cochlear Implant.

Liz Thompson's Story

An interesting CI story from the Arizona Republic

John Lawrence Tells His CI Story

Another CI Hear member story in Print

The Gift: Cochlear Implant Brings a Year of Change

Read how a CI can change a person's life

Journey Out of the Muffled Kingdom

Dan shares his CI Story

Marcy's CI Journey

Excellent Account of a CI Hear member's journey to hearing with Cochlear implant

Awaiting The Sounds of Life

Thanks to Student - Deaf Teacher Gets Cochlear Implant

Richard Shares His Musical Story

So many questions are asked about music and the cochlear implant.  Read how Richard has enjoyed music after losing his hearing and having it restored by this wonderful technology.

Lil's Hearing Story

Lil is bilateral with the Hybrid and the Freedom Implant.  Read her brave story and exciting journey to sound.

Cochlear Implants and Champagne

Connie Briscoe is a New York Times best-selling author of five novels (HarperCollins & Doubleday). She had her cochlear implant in the summer of 2003.

Denise Portis Tells Her Delightful Story

Denise is the husband of the Executive Director of The Hearing Loss Association of America,.  Enjoy her journey complete with a video of her initial implant activation.

 

Judy Keeps Her CI Journal

A wonderful journal written by Judy as she gives a day to day discription of her CI adventure to sound,

This is My Story, This is My Song

Read Gena's Great Blog!

A Woman's Renewal

More and more CI Hear members are seeing their journey's featured in the news.  Read all about Sheri's journey.

Ruth Enjoys Her Freedom

Read Ruth's exciting story about what the Cochlear Implant has done for her quality of life.


Children
 

Ellie's Story
A Beautiful Story of a Child's Cochlear Implant Experience

Elliot's Story
Story of a Toddler's Experience With A Cochlear Implant - Beautiful  Hear Hear

Emma's Story
The Experiences of a Young Child and a Cochlear Implant 

 

Jasmine's Story
Child's Journey Into Hearing With A Cochlear Implant
Joshua's Story
The Story of a Child's
Experience With A CI 

Video Of Tampa Baby Who Get's Bilateral Implants

Live Video of Child with Implants
Video Of a Two Year With Old Bilateral Implant  Excellent - Wait For it to Load 

Mitchell's Story

The bilateral experience of a young boy

Rachel and Jessica
website created by Rachel about both her and her sister's CI experiences

A Child's Story

Laney Jane's beautiful story

My Cochlear Implant

A young child tells what her surgery and activation experience was like

Family of Three Enjoy Hearing Each Other

Can you imagine three members of the same family born deaf?  Now can you imagine giving them all sound?

CI Journal Lisa and New Beginnings

A very special journal written by a Deaf/Blind member of the CI Hear listserv. This is a Must read.

Emerging From Silence

Read 2 1/2 year old Logan's Story from The Press Democrat

Hearing Implants Offer Girls New Lease Of Life

Great Story from London, England

Websites with stories about multiple people with Cochlear Implants
 
Bionic Ear Blog
Meryl's cochlear implant blog. 
Advanced Bionic User Stories
User CI experiences of the Clarion cochlear implant made by Advanced Bionics  




Hearing Companions
This site is a searchable database of MED-EL Cochlear implant recipients and their stories. 

Linda's Help for the 
Hard of Hearing and CI Page

Linda Stock's homepage about her hearing loss and CI surgeries 

The Borg are Coming
The Personal Experience of a Bilateral CI User 

Sound and Fury

And there is controversy

Sound And Fury Update

New and Exciting Information

 

 

   
 

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