# @mama.hu.hears on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3xVnX1r1f_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21505471-mamahuhears-instagram
- **Posted:** 2024-02-25T13:07:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Michelle Hu•Hard of Hearing•Audiologist (@mama.hu.hears) — https://gondola.cc/mama.hu.hears

## Caption

One thing that cochlear implant technology provided for me was safety and confidence. Prior, I wouldn’t have heard or felt someone running behind me in a dark parking garage. Not that I couldn’t have been perfectly fine moving away earlier but I stayed near home for college and graduate school. For family, familiarity and my parents had more peace of mind. 

Post CI and learning how to be with it/utilize it my confidence skyrocketed. In public, in the world - I was the same Michelle how my parents and close friends knew me. I started chatting on the phone - something I previously hated and only did with my mom. 

Over a decade later I’m much more strong in my deaf identity. No regrets - cochlear implants are NOT for everyone, but it’s worked out pretty well for me. 

VD: Michelle hair down with a green/gray sweatshirt sitting in the airport. 

Transcript: If I hadn’t gotten a cochlear implant in 2008 when I was a 3rd graduate student, I’m not sure I would have been able- or wouldn’t have been  confident enough to move across the country from Ohio to San Diego for my first job. So getting a cochlear implant provided me a lot of confidence to feel safe. I wouldn’t have heard someone running behind me in a dark parking garage and confidence to take everything on to thrive in a hearing world.

#CochlearImplant #InternationalCochlearImplantDay #Cochlear #ThriveInAHearingWorld #HearingWorld #DHH #DeafAudiologist #MamaHuHears #NotForEveryone

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internationalcochlearimplantday, cochlear, hearingworld, thriveinahearingworld, notforeveryone, mamahuhears, cochlearimplant, dhh, deafaudiologist

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