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Why would a teacher of the deaf, with her own severe hearing loss, wait years to get her own cochlear implant? I asked Mary Beth Napoli, a bilateral Med-El cochlear implant recipient and...
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Thirty-three years later is still using the original surgical...
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Frequently on social...
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This is Part 2 of the interview with Chery Edwards. It is almost two months post-operation. She flew from Denver, Colorado to Sarasota, Florida to receive a Labyrinthectomy and be simultaneously implanted with...
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I recently overheard Dr. Jack Wazen mention a study he was conducting at the Silverstein Institute in Sarasota regarding pre and post-operative vestibular issues of cochlear implant recipients.
It is a subject of...
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Maria Anderson is a shining example of a cochlear implant recipient who has never let them slow her down for a moment.
A marathon runner, hiker and adventurer she recently completed a marathon in...
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Meniere’s disease is insidious. It not only causes severe vestibular balance issues, it often leaves its victims deaf in one ear or both.
Chery Edwards was such a victim when she was hit...
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Janet Fox recently received a second cochlear implant and became a bilateral recipient. This is Part 2, the follow up interview done after her second cochlear implant activation.
Part 1 of her interview was...
