I went suddenly deaf in 1975 at age 4 of unexplained causes. I wore a hearing aid in my one "good" ear for just over 30 years, and then within the space of about a year year I lost all my remaining hearing. In November of 2007 I implanted my right ear and in August of 2008 I implanted my left ear. My speech comprehension scores have jumped from 8% before the implant to 98% after, so I...
I was diagnosed as being partially deaf when I was about 4 or 5 years old. Up until then I had perfect, or at least very good, hearing. It was after a short illness that my parents started to notice that I wasn?t hearing as well as I did before. They took me to Stoke Mandeville hospital in Aylesbury where I got fitted with some bulky NHS supplied behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids. When I was...
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...
I am a registered nurse, geriatric case manager, and national expert in senior care with over 30 years caring and advocating for seniors. I own Visiting Angels senior homecare agency in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 2002. www.visitingangels.com/annarbor
It is my privilege and honor to be able to help seniors and their families with education, information and resources related to...
MUKONO EPILEPSY SUPPORT FOUNDATION(MESUF)
MESUF started in 2008 as an idea of a young Ugandan man, Henry Kasozi, with a vision to help all those people suffering from epilepsy to have a center for discussions and share their experiences, and a place where they could have some assistance, like medical. All MESUF projects aspire to contribute to the welfare and social productivity of...
