Tag Archive: Cochlear Implant
September 17th, 2016 by Rachel | Tags: Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss, Peace Corps | 4 Comments »
When I first received my Peace Corps invitation to serve in Cameroon over two years ago, one of my first reactions was, “Cameroon? But there is no cochlear implant center there? Did Peace Corps really say it’s OK for me to serve there? If they say so, then no problem. I can just get remote […]
December 22nd, 2014 by Rachel | Tags: Cochlear Implant, Disability, Hearing Loss, Peace Corps | 1 Comment »
If one asked my parents 25 years ago yesterday where I would be today as a young adult, they would have not been able to answer. December 21st, 1989 was the day when I first received a cochlear implant as part of a clinical trial at New York University as it was not yet approved […]
