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Customers find the book interesting and educational. They say it’s a valuable personal story and philosophical journey of the author’s life. The book is described as smart, realistic, and helpful. It appeals to people with a geeky side and has humor laced with compassion. Readers praise the writing quality as vivid, well-researched, and getting better as they read.
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A Must Read For Prospective Cochlear Implant Recipients
I am days away from receiving my first Cochlear Implant and “Rebuilt” was on a list of books my audiologist recommended when I was first evaluated for receiving an implant. It has been an immense help, my fears and misgivings soothed, and I feel so much better prepared for this exciting journey back from the helplessness and frustration of losing my hearing. Much like Michael Chorost I was a fully functioning hearing adult for most of my life until a sudden loss in one ear and a rapid decline in the other left me unable to understand people in any acoustical situation or on the telephone and my world turned upside down. If you or anyone you know is in this situation this book will help you understand you or they are not alone and help is out there.Michael Chorost’s personal journey from aided hearing to deafness and back as an adult is inspiring and told with humor and frankness. Although he received his first Cochlear Implant (CI) more than a decade ago and the technology has advanced since, the human aspects have not changed. The intense feelings when confronted with a sudden loss of hearing and verbal communication as an adult in the hearing world have not changed.Chorost’s background in the humanities and computer technology were ideal preparations for him to write this book. The book is well researched, footnoted and has an extensive bibliography. Not only do you come to understand what a person might experience receiving a CI, Chorost tells the story of the wonderful technology that has made CI’s the world’s most successful prosthetic device and have coupled humans to machines like never before. For the first time ever a computer becomes directly linked to a human brain and controls the person’s perceptions of sound energy in the environment around them; even the sounds created by the vibration of human vocal cords that communicate the words and meanings like “I love you.” Especially those.Although the book ends with Chorost’s happy return to the hearing world, his Cochlear Implant Journey and life have continued to unfold and blossom. He’s become a sought after speaker and writer on technology and he even found love and marriage. You can follow him through his second implantation, called bilateral, the upgrades of the technology and his life through his website.
Valuable personal story
Much of the book deals with experiencing deafness and a cochlear implant. These portions I found interesting and informative. Other personal issues were much less interesting to me since they did not seem to illuminate the main point.
Very helpful!
I just got a Cochlear implant in July, and even though this book was written in the âearly aughtsâ and implant technology has continued to develop at a great pace, I found it informative and affirming of my own experiences with this process. It is written with solid technical knowledge, laced with humor, compassion, and a disarming candor.
Cochlear Implant Candidate Reading List
This book was on a reading list that I received from audiologist after I had qualified for my cochlear implants. Itâs an interest philosophical journey of the authors journey through life both before and after he received his CI. Although interesting in parts Iâm not sure I would make it recommended read for someone who is trying to decide as to wether or not to get a CI.
Enjoyable romp that appeals to geeks
Boy, Michael Chorost knows how to write. The topic of the book is a serious matter, but he knows how to make it fun. This is a very in-depth dive into what it is like to live with cochlear implants, and especially will appeal to people with a geeky side.
Interesting
This book gets better as you read. It starts off slow and is full of dry humor but as you continue reading, you feel like you know Michael. It is vividly written.
Smart, educational, realistic and nerdy
Michael does a fabulous job explaining what life is like for with those of us with hearing loss. This book is very educational, even humorous in some parts. Those of you who have a nerdy side would probably enjoy this book even more for the tech savvy language Michael uses talking through his book. Highly recommended!
From a parent of a cochlear implant user.
My son was implanted 20 years ago at the age of 2. So as profoundly as this has improved his life he has never been able to ‘explain’ much about how it feels and how it works, etc. Because for him, it was just ‘normal’. I love the way Chorost, as an adult implant receiver, gives his perspective on being deaf, going through implantation and his life as a young professional coping in life with a hearing loss. After I read it, I’ll pass it on to my son and we’ll have some interesting conversations afterward.