Amanprit Johal's cochlear implant story

Profoundly deaf since birth, Amanprit relied on hearing aids and lip-reading for all communication until the age of 21.

Last year Amanprit was the first UK winner of the Cochlear Graeme Clark Scholarship Award, an award open to Cochlear implant recipients around the world which was set up to support them financially in their further education. Amanprit was awarded £6,000 to continue her BSc degree in Geography with Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Birmingham.

This short documentary gives an insight into cochlear implants from the recipient's viewpoint.

For more about Amanprit or to read about other recipients' experiences, visit http://www.thedeafblog.co.uk. For more about cochlear implants, visit http://www.cochlear.co.uk/

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[vafleezers]

armpit?

[Databyter]

A great story and a fascinating and attractive girl.

Thanks for sharing and I'm so glad that the implant is working well.

I'm not sure why people are so negative about them as if nothing the happy users say is relevant.

[dmfsmartfox]

Ci safety practice is a must my deaf friend told me that he was concerned about a bad car accident he was right he liked to have ci but he said where a ci practice was the reason was he was a truck driver

I used to drive a grease truck for my dad I had to practice a trucking safety I was okay

[hancocklicata]

Cochlear Implants Are Nonsense

kalalau52 | February 16, 2010 | 6 likes, 0 dislikes

Carl Schroeder discusses the human brain that is full of neurons--the hundred billion or so information-processing cells that are not replaced at all. A deaf infant is born with virtually all the neurons he or she will ever have as a deaf individual.

[hancocklicata]

H0EYHEMP | December 11, 2010 | 3 likes, 0 dislikes

while removing cochlear implant, Doctor found green MOLD growing inside cochlear implant metal plate. I'm lucky to be alive today!!!

[309893]

I wonder how she got new batteries for her hearing aids when she was in the out of the way places - and why she did not ask her audiologist for something that may have helped her at university, for example MicroLink, or that which would go with her her hearing aids. She could also asked for notetakers at university, It is good to see how well she is doing, but things could have been made easier before she got her implant.