Did you know HEARING JOURNEY offers TWO ways to learn about Advanced Bionics technology directly from AB recipients and share your cochlear implant experience with others? We encourage you to visit both HJ CHAT and HJ FORUM for the best Hearing Journey experience.
HJ CHAT meets every Thursday evening from 7-10 pm ET/4-7 pm PT for a live exchange of questions, answers, and support. Please join by logging in and clicking on the green "US Weekly Chat" box on the home page. **Once in the chatroom, if you are prompted to log in again and cannot with your HJ username and password, please log in as a Guest, but with your HJ Username.
HJ FORUM is available all day, seven days a week. You can read discussions from others or add your own posts. Sign up for the Forum's DAILY DIGEST to receive a brief summary of the day's discussions by email. Want to read the most recent discussions? Log in and click on LATEST TOPICS. Want to start a new discussion? Log in and click https://hearingjourney.com/post/discussion
HJ CHAT meets every Thursday evening from 7-10 pm ET/4-7 pm PT for a live exchange of questions, answers, and support. Please join by logging in and clicking on the green "US Weekly Chat" box on the home page. **Once in the chatroom, if you are prompted to log in again and cannot with your HJ username and password, please log in as a Guest, but with your HJ Username.
HJ FORUM is available all day, seven days a week. You can read discussions from others or add your own posts. Sign up for the Forum's DAILY DIGEST to receive a brief summary of the day's discussions by email. Want to read the most recent discussions? Log in and click on LATEST TOPICS. Want to start a new discussion? Log in and click https://hearingjourney.com/post/discussion
** HJ Chat will currently operate biweekly and run on the following Thursdays, August 27, September 10 & 24, and October 8 & 22. **
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Implanted AgeMiddle-aged AdultHearing LossSlowly ProgressiveImplantedBothWife and mom of 2 teens. My husband and I have been running our own business for the past 10 years. I'm the current president of our local chamber of commerce and am quite involved in our local business community. I grew up in a HoH family and had progressive hearing loss (hearing aids from age 15) up to the point where I went suddenly deaf in my right ear in 2016 and my left ear in early 2017.
Implanted AgeOlder AdultHearing LossRapidly ProgressiveImplantedLeftOn this day, 17th November 2009, I was making a journey on a hospital trolley, to have an operation...The porter came & wheeled me off the ward & I was taken to the pre operation room, to wait until my allocated time for my operation... Was I was nervous, Oh yes!!, i was thinking am I doing the right thing? would everything go well?.. The porter put my bed to the side of a young man with learning difficulties, he was also waiting for an operation. He was really scared & wanted to go home..
Implanted AgeOlder AdultHearing LossSudden hearing lossImplantedAbout 20 years ago suddenly I lost all hearing in my left ear, and had some hearing loss in my right ear, along with sever tinnitus. I tried a hearing aid in my good ear but it was not right for me.