22/05/2026
ENGLISH VERSION:
โจ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ก๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ โจ
I was 7 years old when I had my cochlear implant surgery. And I want to say something important: hearing with a cochlear implant is NOT instant magic.
Behind all of this, there were around 11 years of therapy, practice, patience, effort, frustrations, and learning because a cochlear implant does not โcureโ deafness or automatically make you hear perfectly. The brain also has to slowly learn how to understand new sounds. ๐ง๐ง
Iโm very grateful to my parents for making the decision to get me a cochlear implant. Honestly, it has helped me so much in my daily life: work, university, communication, and opportunities. Because we know that in Latin America there are still many obstacles for people with disabilities, and accessibility and opportunities are not always the same as in first-world countries.
Even within the Deaf community, there is often a lot of fear, criticism, or negative comments because of misinformation, other peopleโs experiences, or negative influence, without truly knowing each personโs unique and personal experience with a cochlear implant, especially since many people have never seen the real-life experience of someone who lives with one every single day.
But having a cochlear implant does NOT take away your Deaf identity.
I was born Deaf.
I am still Deaf.
That will never change.
I feel proud to be Deaf and also proud to live between two worlds: the Deaf world and the hearing world.
A cochlear implant should not be a war between Deaf and hearing people.
Real inclusion means respecting each personโs decisions, needs, and life journey. โจ
โจ๐๐ข ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ โจ
Tenรญa 7 aรฑos cuando fue mi operaciรณn de implante coclear. Y quiero decir algo importante: escuchar con implante coclear NO es magia instantรกnea.
Detrรกs de todo esto hubo aproximadamente 11 aรฑos de terapias, prรกctica, paciencia, esfuerzo, frustraciones, aprendizaje porque el implante no โcuraโ la sordera ni hace que escuches perfecto automรกticamente. El cerebro tambiรฉn tiene que aprender a entender sonidos nuevos poco a poco. ๐ง๐ง
Estoy muy agradecida con mis padres por tomar la decisiรณn de ponerme el implante coclear. Honestamente, sรญ me ayudรณ muchรญsimo en mi vida diaria: trabajo, universidad, comunicaciรณn y oportunidades. Porque sabemos que en Latinoamรฉrica todavรญa existen muchos obstรกculos para las personas con discapacidad y no siempre hay las mismas oportunidades o accesibilidad que en paรญses de primer mundo.
Incluso dentro de la comunidad sorda existe mucho miedo, crรญticas o comentarios negativos debido a desinformaciรณn, experiencias ajenas o influencias negativas, sin realmente conocer la experiencia personal y diferente de cada persona sobre el implante coclear porque nunca han visto la experiencia real de alguien que vive con uno todos los dรญas.
Pero tener implante coclear NO te quita tu identidad sorda; Yo nacรญ sorda. Sigo siendo sorda. Eso nunca cambia.
Me siento orgullosa de ser sorda y tambiรฉn de poder vivir entre dos mundos: el mundo sordo y el mundo oyente.
El implante coclear no deberรญa ser guerra entre sordos y oyentes.
La verdadera inclusiรณn es respetar las decisiones, necesidades y caminos de cada persona. โจ