This is the first time I get to choose the color, and I’m getting them in white - Finally, I’ll be able to have implants that actually stand out from my hair, not just get lost in there! Plus white looks cool and futuristic!

And there’s gonna be longer battery life too, so no more running out of charge at 10 PM!

And! I’m gonna be able to listen to music streamed directly to my processors, without anything at all in between - that’s gonna be so so cool! (Speaking of which, that only works for iPhones, right? Or is it like, a telecoil thing?

The only thing I’m really worried about is that the sound of the beeps grated on me when I tried them on at the Cochlear Convention, but hopefully that was just because it was a demo model? (That and the worry that I’ll get the 7s and the 8s will come out the next month XD)

Why on earth would someone with significant hearing loss voluntarily work in a noisy setting? Am I a glutton for punishment? A little crazy? Not quite! The truth is, I knew I had the right tools to get the job done.

Let me start by saying this: my hearing is pretty bad. Without my trusty hearing devices, I live in a world of complete silence. I use a high-powered hearing aid in my right ear and a cochlear implant in my left. These devices are my lifeline to sound. Several years ago, I worked as an audiometrist for called Blamey Saunders hears. My job was to test clients’ hearing and fit them with hearing…

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Giuseppe Randazzo