See entire journey here - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Thank you for reading along on this series as I shared my first twelve months of having a cochlear implant. Here in my final post I’ll wrap it up with my closing thoughts and reflections about where I’m at at this point of my journey....

See entire journey here - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 In my last two post, I talked about my relatively fast adaptation to hearing through my cochlear implant and also shared the reality that the implant does not solve all my hearing challenges. As for most people with varying degrees of...

SBCC ASL Fundraiser by California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) on 719 Paseo Nuevo on Wednesday October 1, 2025. Mention it when dining, takeout, on line order or catering to CPK and they will donate 20% to the SBCC ASL Club.

One day post surgery…let the healing begin See entire journey here - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 In my last post here, I shared how the months following cochlear implant surgery were a mix of gratitude for what I had regained and grief for what I could never get back. I wrote about...

Read Julie Hayes Bio here See entire journey here - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 When I woke up from cochlear implant surgery nine months ago, I was full of hope. I’d spent four years losing my hearing to bilateral Ménière’s disease, navigating the grief, the technology, the sign...

Editor's note: Feel free to contact us at hello@sbdeafcommunity.com to help connect with Nicole and Josh in Santa Barbara. Hi everyone! We are Nicole and Josh McNamara. My husband Josh is a PhD student at UCSB and I work as a behavior analyst for kids with disabilities. Our daughter,...

The Santa Barbara Deaf/Hard of Hearing community will meet tomorrow jULY 25, 2025 (every 4th Friday of the month) from 5:30-8:30. This is the place where Deaf and Hard of Hearing folks and friends gather to connect, make friends, share stories, and get the latest news, learn sign language and...