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I have a muscle disease called Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. It's difficult, but doesn't define me. I am a child of God, who can give support and comfort to others who are suffering, because of the comfort God has given me.

Im really very very deaf. I can talk you under the table though. I teach lip reading with a lippy attitude but they love it. I have a Hearing Ear dog, who is the cutest dog ever. I dont let being deaf stop me from doing what I want to do. Or trying to. Youre a long time dead, arent ya?

I'm a wife and mom. I'm a writer, copy editor and a music lover. I'm an athlete and a reader. I'm trying to balance it all. Why Sound Check Mama? I chose it for two reasons: My daughter was born deaf and now hears with cochlear implants, and we have to do a sound check with her processors to make sure they're working. It's also a nod to my love of music.

I am the father of Drew, a boy who was born profoundly deaf in both ears. He received simultaneous, bilateral cochlear implants at 8 months of age in September 2007. Our blog is our record of our family's immersion and interaction within the world of deafness. We hope that it helps others find the information and guidance that they might be looking for.

I am a bilateral cochlear implant user. This is my journey.

Although my hearing loss doesn't define me, it has definitely affected me! I grew up with a bilateral hearing loss that was discovered when I was 4 years old. I wore a hearing aid and was mainstreamed in school. It's never been determined what caused my hearing loss, but I suspect it's genetic.In 1993, I lost all the remaining hearing in my right ear (for unknown reasons). I switched to...

I am an 6 month old CI Implantee in Greece..I 've started discovering new sounds and a more colored meaning in life...even with its trials..

Our delightful daughter Li-Li was diagnosed with profound hearing loss shortly after we adopted her from China at 1 year old. At 19 months, she received her first cochlear implant, and at 29 months, her second, both at Children's Hospital, Boston. She's learning to hear, to speak, and to sign in a bicultural-bilingual school environment (the Learning Center for the Deaf in Framingham, MA) and...