# @mama.hu.hears on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3FzTZfrrPg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21505524-mamahuhears-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/bef5c54aa6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-02-08T14:56:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Michelle Hu•Hard of Hearing•Audiologist (@mama.hu.hears) — https://gondola.cc/mama.hu.hears

## Caption

My girl exploring my CI devices. I love how much she loves them and is curious as to how they work, what part goes where, etc. I’ve been spending a lot of time off air as I’ve been having significant vertigo for the past few days. It’s been challenging yet beautiful. 

My parents actually needed a refresher on how to communicate with me. Not a real excuse but not living with them and moving across the country has limited the amount of in person interactions we’ve had. I think they gotten used to communicating with me when I have my CI devices on SO that might be the first real negative of my CI journey. 

In a moment of frustration I actually uttered the words “Remember you used to write messages to me on paper when my hearing dropped?? That’s how deaf I am!” 

My husband and kids have no issue waving at me or tapping me on the shoulder, implementing extra visual access and ASL. I love it so much. Every challenge has the possibility to build character, offer eye opening realizations/gratitude and build relationships. It absolutely brought out feelings of FOMO, isolation, feeling sorry for myself and realizing how much I bend over to accommodate my hearing environment -  but it also showed me how families and communities can come together. 

Truly, when you’ve got one DHH family member (and now my parents and uncle are HOH), we become a DHH FAMILY. 

ID: Close up of my daughter investigating my black BTE cochlearamericas CI processors and blue/purple swirled retention earmolds on a white lovesac couch cushion 

#deaffamily #dhhfamily #deafaudiologist #vertigo #offair #mamahuhears #asl #risingabove

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asl, deaffamily, vertigo, mamahuhears, dhhfamily, deafaudiologist, risingabove, offair

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