1 - My Cochlear Implant and Reimplantation Experience
Hello All, Firstly, I would like to briefly introduce myself. My name is Shobana Ramesh, and I am a 22 year old student from Ottawa, currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts program in Child Studies with a minor in Disability and Psychology Studies at Carleton University. When I was 10 months old, I was diagnosed with profound hearing loss in both ears. In 1998, when I was born, there was no hearing screening for newborns in Canada, so I am unsure whether I was born with hearing loss. After being diagnosed, I was put on a waiting list to undergo the Cochlear Implantation surgery. During this period, I wore hearing aids on both ears. My parents recall my unwillingness to wear the hearing aids at all times. I saw them more as toys and would constantly take them off and play with them! So, we came to a compromise and my parents decided to let me wear hearing aids inside the house and take them off when we were out and about. Finally, it was time to get my Cochlear Implan...