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Implanted AgeInfant or Young ToddlerHearing LossSince BirthImplantedBothI am the parent of a very lively six year old boy who received bi-lateral AB implants when he was just over 12 months old.
Implanted AgeInfant or Young ToddlerHearing LossSuddenImplantedLeftI'm a Mum of two boys, Archie aged four and Harry one. Archie contracted meningitis shortly after he was born and lost his hearing. He now uses a hearing aid and AB cochlear implant and you would never know he was deaf.
Implanted AgeAdolescent TeenHearing LossSince BirthImplantedRightI was born profoundly deaf in both ears but wasn’t diagnosed until the age of 2, which is when I immediately started wearing hearing aids and went through Auditory-Verbal Therapy to help me learn to hear and speak without lip reading or sign language. My hearing and discrimination got worse in 2005, which is when I decided to get the cochlear implant. Now I wear the CI on my right ear and the Phonak hearing aid on my left.