Friday 28 March 2014

Team Sports - I've done it!

Team sports present a minor problem for deaf with cochlear implant people. There is the worry of not hearing the whistle when you've done something wrong, not hearing your team mates calling you, and then there is the worry of the device itself. Mostly sweat getting into it or getting hit by the ball or being knocked off. 

Despite these worries I started playing netball this morning and it went really well! I'm not saying I'm a great player (far from it) but my cochlear wasn't an issue. I tucked it into a head band and told my team I was deaf and that was it. I could hear the whistle OK and just asked anyone around me what was going on and they were great. Easy. Now I can tick team sports off the list - smile!