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 AgeYoung AdultHearing LossRapidly ProgressiveImplantedRightMy name is Nicky and I was born deaf and my hearing had always been pretty good though out my childhood. My hearing started to worsted as I reached my early 20s. No one knew why my hearing went down as I had lots of test and even wore the strongest digital hearing which I brought privately. I wore my hearing aids for a few years till my hearing got worst again and I started to think about cochlear implants after seeing a number of people for help.
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.