Tag: bilateral cochlear implant

  • My Daughter’s Second Cochlear Implant Surgery

    My Daughter’s Second Cochlear Implant Surgery

    Today is the day that my daughter gets her second cochlear implant.  I have to admit even though I have already been through this same surgery 12 years ago with my daughter, I was still nervous going into the hospital and waiting for her to have her surgery done.  My daughter was born with a…

  • Will Adding a Second Cochlear Implant Improve My Daughter’s Hearing?

    Will Adding a Second Cochlear Implant Improve My Daughter’s Hearing?

    After my daughter received her cochlear implant in 2001, she has continued to have ongoing speech and language delays.  These delays are a direct result of my own personal decision to wait so long to  have her surgery.  Looking back, I would have done things differently and I wouldn’t have waited so long to give…