Lost and Found: My Cochlear Implant Life

The first full week of school came to a close yesterday. I. Am. Exhausted. It has been 18 years since I taught first grade. I had forgotte...

Cochlear Nucleus 6 My road to cochlear implant accelerated forward today. I received notice that my CT scan was normal and we are rea...

Learning to cope with my hearing loss has been grueling and depressing, I admit. But on occasion, it has provided moments that remind me not...

It's been a year since I lost my hearing. August 14, 2012. Just before 9 am. One minute I was leading a group of teachers in a train...

My school district has adopted a new phonics program and has required all of us to attend an inservice this summer to learn about it. I went...

"You are definitely a candidate for cochlear implant." I had been waiting to hear those words. But when my doctor said them t...

Ten little, measly decibels. That's what I lost in June. It doesn't sound like much, does it? But it has sent me reeling. Ten deci...