Stacie

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From: " Stacie " <stacben@...>

Subject: hi

Hi, my name is Stacie

i lost my hearing to meningitis when i was 2, i got my first hearing

aid when i was 4 in my left ear and my right ear was profound, so no

hearing aid for that one.

over the last 10 years, i noticed i wasn't hearing as good, thought

it was a bad hearing aid. then last year i got my new hearing aid,

the highest power i could get. it was great, but then i had to keep

turning it up, couldn't understand anyone, so i thought my ear was

clogged up with wax. went to several doctors, said ear was clean.

Finally this past Monday i went to an ENT to check it out. He was

new to me, but surprised me. First thing he did after looking in my

ear, was said I should go to another doctor and talk about getting

the cochlear implant. I've always heard of it, but I did not think

my hearing was that bad yet. So yesterday I went to the implant doc,

after having my hearing tested, the audi says i was a canidate for

CI.

saw the doc, talked about it, already research as much i could

before i went, he has me scheduled for surgery next month, providing

my ct scan goes well. i'm excited and scared at the same time. hope

to get to know you all.

Stacie of wv