Over the years my hearing loss dropped dramatically; I now had ___21___ hearing loss and so was fitted with stronger hearing aids.
My hearing stopped dropping, ____22____ even with the new hearing aids I found that I couldn't even hear the birds anymore. That didn't
bother me at first, but as I grew older I longed to hear them like everybody else could.
___23____ I finished primary school, my family chose a secondary school for me in Winchester. It was a really nice school and I made
more friends there than I did in primary school. Most people in the school were deaf_____24____ so they understood deafness. Immediately I
was much happier at this school.
During this time, we tried lots of different hearing aids but found that even the most powerful aids were not doing the best they could,
_____25____ we applied for a cochlear implant.
A cochlear implant is a device that is designed to help children and adults with severe hearing loss. A magnet needs to be put into your
head ____26____ a small, soft wire pushed and coiled into your cochlea (the bit of your ear that makes you able to hear).
At long last, it was time for the operation. I drifted to sleep holding my mother’s hand and woke up 6 hours later. I couldn't hear
anything at all in my right ear and I ____27____ morphine for the pain but all I cared about was____28____ I got a pink bandage!! They gave me
stickers to put on it too.
A month after the operation, they switched the device on for me. ___29___ all I could hear were beeps and it was really weird, but
eventually my brain learnt to recognize the sounds... it was amazing! I could hear! Now I love my cochlear implant. It has made such a
difference to me: I can hear even the highest pitched sounds... including birds! I don't have “normal” hearing but I do have at least 80-70%
hearing now and I ____30____ be happier.
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