Lost and Found: My Cochlear Implant Life

" Every great personal story you have to tell involves overcoming adversity. If you shy away from adversity, you take away your ability...

I really hate being deaf. I can't hear well enough with either my hearing aid or my cochlear implant to make much difference. "It...

I'm definitely a cyborg. Part human, part machine. And I have the equipment to prove it: batteries, cords, wires, magnets, and devices t...

I am tired of robots. And cartoons. And chipmunks. Yes. I am tired of chipmunks. I was sitting on the sofa tonight checking my messages, t...

Tomorrow I will return to my classroom for the first time since my cochlear implant was activated. It is time, though I am terribly anxious ...

My CI life is mostly uneventful -- days filled with listening exercises and determining new sounds and their sources. It's actually quit...

A cochlear implant miraculously delivers what it promised: sound. But that sound is neither pleasant nor stellar. "It will get a litt...