Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Updates and Controversies Conference

Meet Drew’s friend Jonah.
Jonah is quite famous in the cochlear implant world in Columbus, Ohio. He’s been featured on the local news and in ad campaigns for Nationwide Children’s Hospital. That’s partly because he has been so successful being implanted with simultaneous, bilateral cochlear implants at a young age, but it’s also got to be [...]

Monday is a BIG Day!

Monday is a big day in the lives of many of our CI friends. Landon and Kauan are having simultaneous cochlear implant surgery. Both boys are one year old. In fact, Drew and Landon both celebrated birthdays this week!
Also on Monday, Erin Toes is having her sequential bilateral cochlear implant surgery. She turned two [...]

CI Cookout

We attended the annual Cochlear Implant Cookout held by Children’s Hospital yesterday. It was a great opportunity to meet other children with cochlear implants and their families. Drew and his sister had a great time despite the very hot weather. Drew’s Dad and I had fun talking with parents, both ones we knew prior to [...]

Cochlear Implant Discussion Groups and Listservs

If you are asking yourself any of the following questions, visiting the link below should help you find some answers.
1) Where can I find out more information about cochlear implants and hearing loss?2) What are some good cochlear implant, deafness and hard-of-hearing discussion groups?3) Are there any cochlear implant listservs?4) What is it like to [...]

Implant Failure

Through this journey there have been many surprises, and there will be many more in the days, months and years to come. One thing I have been most surprised about is the network of parents of children with cochlear implants I have found through the Internet. These parents have been a great source of information [...]