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
Jacksmum · Blue Level Member · ✭
About Me
I am a married, working Mum living in the Northwest of England. I have 2 children, Katie (born 2007) who is hearing, and Jack (2009) who was born profoundly deaf in both ears. Both children attend mainstream primary school together.
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My favorite thing about my AB Cochlear implant is
Seeing Jack get the maximum use out of them in every setting, from home to school to social settings and being able to just be a normal little boy.
With my AB cochlear implant, I can
Be sure that with his bilateral Neptunes Jack is able to fully participate in all the activities we enjoy as a family - sailing, swimming and sports - and doesn't miss out on anything. The Neptunes are fully compatible with a soundfield system (amplification in the classroom) so he doesn't miss a thing the teacher's say in school either.
My favorite sound is
Katie and Jack giggling together, Jack humming and singing to himself and being told how well Jack is doing in school!
I chose AB because
We wanted the most advanced technology for our son with the most 'headroom' to deal with future advances and technology upgrades. We also knew that the merger with Phonak (hearing aid manufacturer) would mean rapid new product development in hearing loss and AB would benefit from the Phonak know how and vice versa in terms of techology and platform upgrades.
I am a BEA Mentor because
I have benefited from meeting with other BEA mentors and having the direct support of AB and other's advice and want to be able to share my positive experiences with other parents of newly diagnosed babies with hearing loss
I can help cochlear implant candidates by
Sharing our story from finding we had a profoundly deaf baby -and the journey from diagnosis, through the operation and rehabiliation to successul integration into a mainstream primary school