Re: What are we?

[Guest guest]

Don't see the Stepford wives!!!

Hal

[Guest guest]

The terms " hooked up " or " turned on " are CI terms which have become standard

terms for the point when a person's hearing is restored thru the activation of

the equipment. You might want to compare it to when you put the hearing aid on

for rhe first time and your audiologist sets the hearing aid to match your

hearing needs. There's no difference...just different terminology.

The CI certainly supports it's users. We are so excited for the gift it gives.

Without my CI, I feel very lost. I put mine on before I leave my bedroom in the

morning and only take it off for the shower but it is right back on as soon as I

have dried my hair and stays on for the rest of the day. I have said many times

that making the decision to get a CI was one of the best decisions I ever made

for myself. There's nothing more human than that.

Alice

I have only been a member of this group a short time and it has been a

valuable short time, but there is one thing that concerns me and that is who we

are. Sometimes when I read a post and I see the speach used, I wonder if the

writer has become his implant? He or she will talk in terms of being " hooked

up " or " turned on " and I wonder - if

the writer has become the machine.

Is the CI supporting the human or is the human supporting the CI? Ithink that

is an important question to ask, because we do become our

talk. I loved the Terminator movies, but I want to remain human.

[Guest guest]

At 11:04 PM 5/7/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>Don't see the Stepford wives!!!

>

>Hal

And from the way my house can look... I dont think I would ever be mistaken

for a stepford wife!!!

susan & hobbes

michigan

[Guest guest]

i know for us,

we are two human beings.

one who grew up hearing and still is,

and the other who grew up Deaf from birth, and was perfectly happy,

having a full and rewarding life. although he does realize, and

verbalize, how much he has missed, and how much of a difference in

his life the opportunity to hear any sound will make.

i wanna share something with you.

as a hearing woman, who happened to fall in love with a deaf man, i

have had the chance to look at my own life, looking at the little

things i take for granted.

in finding my own wonder of the possibilities for him, and thinking i

could help him understand, i tried to explain it to him.

but he already knows, so much better than i ever could. more than

any one person could. we are all just individuals.

i dont have an implant.

without the implant my husband will still be the most wonderful

person in my life.

it does not define either one of us.

he will still be deaf after he gets his implant.

and without the implant i will still love him, as we say, more than

100%.

he will just have the opportunity of a lifetime to enjoy one of the

wonders of being human, that he would not be able to otherwise.

m

> I have only been a member of this group a short time and it has

been a

> valuable short time, but there is one thing that concerns me and

that

> is who we are. Sometimes when I read a post and I see the speach

> used, I wonder if the writer has become his implant? He or she will

> talk in terms of being " hooked up " or " turned on " and I wonder - if

> the writer has become the machine.

>

> Is the CI supporting the human or is the human supporting the CI? I

> think that is an important question to ask, because we do become our

> talk. I loved the Terminator movies, but I want to remain human.

[Guest guest]

> I have said many times that making the decision to get a CI was one of

> the best decisions I ever made for myself. There's nothing more human

> than that.

>

>Alice

And that is the whole thing, the decision YOU make for yourself. Because

no one else (as an adult) should make it for you. Parents of minor

children have the right to make that decision for them.

Go into this process with an open mind and knowing that YOU are ready for it.

susan & hobbes

michigan