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She continues: “Limbaugh\u2019s case is unusual. Most adults who are considering the surgery have been deaf far longer than the 51-year-old celebrity was. As I weighed my decision, I tried to ignore the Limbaugh stories and encouraged my family to do likewise – anecdotal evidence can be inspiring but also misleading. Each person\u2019s experience with cochlear implants is unique, except for one thing: it takes a lot of patience and then more patience to adjust to the new world of hearing.”<\/line>Her story is identical to mine in terms of the surgery, hookup process and other things. It sounds like she\u2019s doing just as well as I did. It\u2019s pretty close, according to what she writes. She even says that the first voices she heard sounded like Donald Duck. The voices I heard on one of the two programs available on my cochlear implant sounded like Alvin the Chipmunk, but luckily, on the other program which I use most of the time, the voices sound normal – though obviously electronic. <\/line>So congratulations, Suzanne! I hope everyone can be as lucky as we were. <\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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