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
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Implanted AgeToddler or PreschoolerHearing LossSince BirthImplantedRightI am the proud father of Ritesh, whom we found to be profoundly deaf about 3 years back and now he has progressed into a mainstream school. He had his cochlear implant on the right ear in 2010 and we as parents put in lot of effort initially until my son, his implant & time did rest of the magic!! And this Magic Continues…
Implanted AgeMiddle-aged AdultHearing LossSince BirthImplantedBothI was born deaf and was implanted with internal implant of HiRes90K in 2005 and Auria processor. It failed 9 months later. In Oct 2007, I was sequentially bilaterally implanted with HiRes90K and Harmony processors. I was upgraded with Naida Q70 processors in Sept 2015. I am a mum to my three boys(19,11,9) and also a foster carer and a web designer. I enjoy walking with my dog. When I have time, I enjoy music and baking.
Implanted AgeOlder AdultHearing LossSlowly ProgressiveImplantedRightI have a congenital progressive hearing loss. The possibility of my getting more benefit from a cochlear implant than a hearing aid was first raised with me in 2010. In 2019, having finally reached the point where I had to admit to myself that, in one ear, a hearing aid was no longer helping me, I started to seriously investigate getting a cochlear implant. It took me a long time to make the decision, but once I had, the implant was done just 5 weeks later in August 2020.