This past year brought many exciting changes and expansions to Cochlear Implant Online. Here is a look back on some our highlights from 2011: In May, we re-released EaR Books with improved graphics, lower prices, editions in English AND Spanish, and print as well as eBook versions. The response was fantastic, and we are proud to [...]
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2011 Year in Review
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
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Damian Quinn’s Mom Journey
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Damian Quinn’s mom was generous to take time to write a story about her son’s journey from going deaf to hearing again with cochlear implants. Damian was one of the first children in the world to receive a cochlear implant in 1987 as part of the clinical trials in Australia. At Easter time in 1978, [...]
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Damian Quinn’s Story
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Damain Quinn first received his cochlear implant at the age of 16 years old in 1987 as part of the clinical trials. I lost my hearing at the age of 7 due to mumps. I remember running down the passage at home and crying out “I can’t hear, I can’t hear anything”. My local doctor [...]
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Patty Heard’s Story
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Patty Heard first received her cochlear implant at the age of four years old in 1989 as part of the clinical trials. I was born hearing. At the age of six months, I was diagnosed with spinal meningitis, very deadly for babies. The first night I was in the hospital, the doctors told my parents [...]
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Tim Brandau’s Story
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Tim Brandau first received his cochlear implant at the age of four years old in 1987 as part of the clinical trials. I was born into a farming family and we lived on a farm Southwest of Osage, Iowa. My older brother Tom was about 3 years old when I was born and so my [...]
