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There is a lot of debate in the deaf community what you should and shouldn't do as far as dealing with hearing loss goes. I have had a couple interactions with those who sign saying that it's part of the culture, and I should know how to sign. I still don't know how to, but I'm sure that I will learn someday.

I love music! I listen to pretty much all genres, except country (mehh). In order to sing in tune I match pitch. It's hard for me to tell why octaves played together sound fine, but not if you played two notes right next to each other (like on a piano).

I can take them off at any time. I have a magnet in my head which is how the implant stays on my head.

Don't have to shout, I can read you just fine :) My hearing loss was the result of the combined genetics of my parents. There was a 1/16th chance I would be deaf after my brother was also deaf, but lucky me! The only way I could have been able to hear was through cochlear implants, so I'm glad I was given that opportunity. Cochlear Implants are surgically inserted so there isn't really a "vs" there. They go hand in hand. And no, I use a separate remote to access settings and options on my implants.

There's a possibility that the standard metal detectors could mess with the map on the devices (the programmed levels of sound), so I usually go around them and get a pat-down. The ones where you stand up with your arms out and the detector swirls around you are fine for me though.