Lucio Lombardo III

I started with the OPUS1 then the OPUS2. I currently use the Sonnet 1 processor. Yes I do have my original internal implant still.

Rochester Institute of Technology/National Institute for the Deaf

I am from Columbus, Ohio! I used to attend college in upstate New York!

Hello all! I had no idea that there was a community for active Med-El users until I ordered the AudioKey/AudioLink recently. I was born profoundly deaf in both ears with sensorineural hearing loss. My parents and relatives did not know that I had any sort of hearing loss until the age of three. (They thought I had a speech impediment issue and could be fixed with speech therapy.) A year later, I was given hearing aids in both ears and it did not do much for me. I needed a device that's more powerful and that did not just amplify sound. My parents battled for a few years on whether or not the cochlear implant was necessary for me and worth it because of (surgery complications and other risk factors). I was seven years old when I became a Med-El cochlear implant recipient. I am very grateful with the success I have achieved with my Med-El implant. I currently wear the Med-El Sonnet on my right ear. I am looking forward to asking questions along with getting to know some of you within the HearPeers community!