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Personal Narrative: My First Cochlear Implant

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During freshmen year, I had my first cochlear implant. I went Jones high school after Christmas Break and I was very shy. I have friends that went Jones high school and I have known them since 4th grade. I went Choctaw since I was 1st grade and I had some friends at Choctaw. I haven’t talk to them last year. They were good friends and I was so happy and enjoying it with my friends. I had been great to my friends and I had a great year helping them learning sign language, I know sign language and I help them. Also I have a sign language teacher who used sign language all the time and I took sign language class twice. I also have a deaf friend who is nice and I have been known her since I was about 3. We have been friends in a long time now.

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