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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My favorite thing about my AB Cochlear implant is
Hearing things I’ve never heard with just hearing aids - like my dogs licking themselves or water coming out of the sink faucet when I’m doing dishes. I also love being able to listen to music on my ipod.
With my AB cochlear implant, I can
Be a normal teenager/young adult and enjoy my college experience with regular hearing peers. Now that I'm away at college, I can call my family and tell them all about my day and things going on in my life.
My favorite sound is
Hearing my family and I talk and laugh and having a great time
I chose AB because
After watching my younger brother get the AB cochlear implant when he was 5, I realized how much better he could hear than me. Also, the service my family got from AB was amazing! They were always there for us when we needed them.
I am a BEA Mentor because
I got the CI when I was a freshman in High School so I know what my life was before and after getting the implant. I would like to share my experiences with other young people from a teenager’s perspective.
I can help cochlear implant candidates by
Sharing stories about my own experience as well as stories about my younger brother and grandfather, both of whom have cochlear implants. My brother was implanted at age 5, over ten years ago, and my grandfather was implanted at age 85 only two years ago!