Zohra

[Guest guest]

Hi Zora,

Since you live in Africa but were implanted in Canada, I'm curious as

to how many mappings you've had. Because you should have had several in

the first few months you were implanted. NOT just one. But that's what

it sounds like from your posting. Hope that's not the case.

Let us know if you had several mappings, and even if you did at first,

it might well be time for another mapping to help you hear better.

Nucleus Volunteer

Message: 13

Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:05:18 -0800 (PST)

From: Zohra Damji <zohra_damji@...>

Subject: My Introduction

Greetings,

I am a new member. My name is Zohra Damji, and I am 16 years, and I have

a Nucleus 24 Cochlear Implant. I am from Tanzania, East Africa. I have

been deaf since birth, and my deafness was ranged at 90 dB in both ears,

and it got worser as I grew up. During this period, I was getting new and

powerful hearing aids to be able to hear. I relied on lipreading heavily,

and I couldn't make out the speech, and people had to call my name really

loudly for me to respond. Hearing aids were not a help to me at all. Then

I visited Cubex, in UK, and they recommended me to have CI, for they said

that hearing aids wont help me anymore, for my deafness was really bad.

Then I went to Toronto, Canada, in the Hospital for Sick Kids, and I

became a candidate for the implant, after some auditory testings. My

first hearing (MAPping) with the implant, was kind of scary, for the

noises were loud and somewhat different. Now, I have become used to it,

and all the sounds are OK for me. I have been wearing the

Implant for 2 years till now, and I am aiming to hear more than lipread!

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