There was recent news on a child’s processor being stolen at a recreation center. This is an ordeal that NO cochlear implant recipients want to live through because it’s tough to live without hearing, and it’s not cheap to replace the processor. There are several ways to secure the processor while we’re on vacation to ensure it [...]
Archive for the ‘Rachel’ Category
Securing Your Processor On Vacations
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Crazy Situation, Rachel, Tips and Tricks | 1 Comment »
Pumpin’ the Music to My Ears
Friday, July 16th, 2010
“I have a dream…a song to sing…”
As I’m typing this blog entry, I’m chilling out in my bed and listening to a song from my iPod.
One of the biggest questions I receive as a cochlear implant user is how do I listen to my iPod. I just use the regular white earbuds that comes with [...]
Posted in Music, Rachel | 4 Comments »
Don’t Wait. Enjoy today!
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
“If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you’ll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon.
The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will [...]
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Rachel | 3 Comments »
Hear the Summer Fun!
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
SUMMER FUN WITH BAHAS, HEARING AIDS, and COCHLEAR IMPLANTS!
Summer has already rolled out, and that means we all should enjoy getting wet, screaming while on rollar coasters, and camping in the woods!
If you’re going camping or on vacation to a location with limited access to electricity, store your device(s) in a plastic food storage container [...]
Posted in Advanced Bionics, Cochlear, Cochlear Implant, Elizabeth, Hearing Aids, Med-El, Rachel, Tips and Tricks | 2 Comments »
Thank you…
Monday, June 14th, 2010
I would like to thank everyone once again for voting for me for Cochlear’s Hearing Hero Award. Just over a week ago, I received my award at the Cochlear Americas headquarters in Denver, Colorado. As always, I am honored to help people with hearing loss every day.
I did not only come to Cochlear Americas in Colorado to [...]
Posted in Cochlear, Rachel | 3 Comments »
It was a gift
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
I had ambitions. I happened to be born profoundly deaf, but hear and speak thanks to cochlear implants. I wanted to be an artist. In spite of a language delay due to my hearing loss, I used art as a tool to express myself and even managed to learn to speak French fluently as my [...]
Posted in College, Encouragement, French, Rachel | 8 Comments »
Cochlear Implant Art Museum
Monday, May 24th, 2010
In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month, I asked cochlear implant users to show off their creative skills by creating works of art on the subject of cochlear implants or being happy to be able to hear. Thank you to Vivie, Jeremy, Laura, Sidhanth, and David who all made beautiful art pieces! If [...]
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Rayan’s Cochlear Implant Journey
Monday, April 26th, 2010
A mom of a child with a cochlear implant created this very emotional film about raising her adorable son with cochlear implants. It is absolutely worth spending a few minutes to watch the film!
Here is the transcript for the lyrics from the song, The Climb, by Miley Cyrus, which is played in the video:
I can [...]
Posted in CI User Story, Rachel, Video | No Comments »
Please support the bill AB 2072!
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
California recently proposed a bill to ensure that parents of newly diagnosed deaf children are presented with information on all options available to them, which includes listening and spoken language, cued speech and American Sign Language. If the bill passes, parents would be presented with a brochure which can be viewed by clicking here.
Here [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Rachel | No Comments »
Hear from them in Singapore
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
I just discovered this great video of various cochlear implant users living in Singapore speaking about their joys of having the ability to hear and speak and participate in endless number of activities that would be very difficult to do without having the ability to hear such as playing the piano, playing the violin, and [...]
