In Kuwait, it has been just about one year to accept the cochlear implants. It is very new here. As you know, I wear hearing aids in both ears and I depend about 95% on lipreading. Before two months, me and my father went to Al-Sabah Hospital to check my hearing. Doctors said that it is better to have cochlear implant so I will hear better and without depending on lipreading. I have heard about it before, but I dont know what is it and what does it looks like! The doctors didnt give me much information, they just told me to think about it. I cried. I dont know why! Maybe because it is very strange? I dont know!
When I came back home and searched through the internet about cochlear implant, do you know what happened? I felt bad toward it! I can't believe doctors inserting that thing in my ear! The other thing I can't believe is the external device with its wire! It is very very strange to me and not accpetable!
The next day, my parents asked me for my opinion about cochlear implant. I told them that I dont know, I can hear well with my hearing aids. We talked much about it .. I did more search about cochlear implant. I found a blog for a cochlear implant user Rachel Chaikoff .. I emailed her and she gave me a lot of very helpful information about cochlear implant, she also gave me blogs for people who use that, and are similar to me in the level of hearing. I got a bunch of information about cochlear implant and its external device. Slowly my opinion about cochlear implant begins to change ...
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