Category Archives: Cochlear Implant

Surgery Complete!

An outline of what happened on Friday the 22nd. We left our hotel and arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital (associated with the Mayo) for our check-in at 10 am.  Surgery was tentatively scheduled for Noon but the Dr. said that … Continue reading

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A day of tests

Today’s visit at the Mayo went very well. The extensive vertigo testing showed that my balance fits the surgery perfectly! Basically my left (deaf) ear performed very well for balance but my right ear (to be implanted) wasn’t as good. … Continue reading

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The Implant…What it will look like

Many have asked what it will look like. Here is a good link from the Mayo on how it will look on the outside…and inside:  What it looks like And one other visual:  

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CI Video…my Doctor from the Mayo

This is Dr. Driscoll discussing the Cochlear Implant.  Very informative.

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CI at the Mayo!

I don’t promise to be entertaining or even grammatically correct in this blog…simply factual for those that are interested in the process…and for my children to read about it later in life. 🙂 We have decided to move forward with … Continue reading

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The Cochlear Implant Decision

I should have started blogging awhile ago about this but I was delaying because I wanted to somehow link this up with Facebook.  I have now somewhat accomplished that (hopefully it works)!  You can now post comments via your Facebook … Continue reading

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