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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...
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She is an...
Posted at 10:42h
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Wearing hearing aids from the age of eight, she struggled but used many of the compensation...
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I recently learned that Dr. Loren Bartels had performed a cochlear implant surgery on a five month old child.
He was also the surgeon who performed bilateral cochlear implant surgery on me in December...
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Dr. Vicky Moore is an audiologist and co-owner of The Hearing Spa in Sarasota Florida. Along with being an independent hearing aid dealer, she does evaluations for cochlear implants candidates and is an...
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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...
