Tag: cochlear implant surgery
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Update on My Daughter’s New Cochlear Implant
Early last year we started investigating the idea of adding a second cochlear implant because we were having issues with my daughter being able to hear us when we were talking to her. She was having a hard time hearing when there was a bunch of back ground noise and while we would try to carry…
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My Daughter Got Her New Ear’s Yesterday
As many of you already know, my daughter had her second cochlear implant surgery on June 11th. The recovery process was very similar to her first surgery in 2001. It was exactly like I remember and the first few days after surgery was pretty painful for her. After a few days, she was back to…
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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…
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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…
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Cochlear Implant Surgery Was Successful – My Daughter’s Story
My daughter was finally scheduled for her cochlear implant surgery after several months of procedures, tests, and evaluations. I was very nervous going into this surgery because i knew that it would be several hours long. Plus, she was going to have surgery on a very delicate area near her brain. We were having her…