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Debbie is a bilateral Cochlear Nucleus 7 recipient. Is also an amazing person. Her hearing loss was gradual so she does not know when it began but it was diagnosed when she was...
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Vinell has a long-term progressive, profound hearing loss. There is a genetic component within her family for hearing loss.
At one point she had to give up the career she loved as a...
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Many will be able to...
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Growing up with normal hearing, Chris woke up one morning when she was 32, to discover she had lost her hearing in one ear. The sudden hearing loss was compounded by a progressive...
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Totally deaf for 35 years, Richard received bilateral cochlear implant surgery just prior to his 65th birthday. He went from zero speech comprehension to 85% with time and effort at rehabilitation. He was...
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We first met David more than two years ago. His high frequency hearing loss was interfering with his job as a reporter and was a strain on him and his family.
He was...
