Picture of Ali and Shell Ali's Hearing Loss Homepage: stories, updates, faqs and reasearch on postlingual hearing loss and cochlear implants
LINK: UpdatesLINK: JournalLINK: StoriesLINK: FAQsLINK: SupportLINK: LinksLINK: Contact This website is intended to be a resource for people who have suffered profound to severe hearing loss as an adult (postlingual hearing loss). It is also meant for the friends and families of these people, to get a better understanding of what it is like to suddenly become deaf.

This is my personal story - I lost hearing in one ear in 1999, and lost the other in 2002 - I now where a digital hearing aid in my left ear and am considering a cochlear implant in the right ear in the future.

Site update: 4/13/2004 - I've added to the updates and journal section and gone through and made sure the links on the other pages are valid.

Updates -- updates on my personal story of hearing loss, more from a medical standpoint. Will be updated when new information is found.
Last update: 13 April 2004

Journal -- my personal journal about dealing with the hearing loss and the hopes for the future. Will be updated weekly.
Last update: 13 April 2004

Stories -- a collection of stories of people who've suffered hearing loss, and of those who have received cochlear implants. If you would like to tell your story, please send it to me in email (ali@dreamwell.com).

FAQs -- frequently asked questions about hearing loss, cochle ar implants, prednisone, etc., from around the Internet.

Support -- where patients can go for support and to find others in similar situations.

Links -- other sites on the Internet that may be helpful.