Emilee Segura

01/11/2024

IT’S BABY MONTH!! I can’t believe we’ve finally made it to November, I thought this month would never come. Today marks 37 weeks and we’re so excited to meet our little boy so soon!

31/10/2024

happy halloween from fat Thor, smart Hulk, and Rocket! swipe through for a surprise 😂 fat Thor is basically what I feel like these days 😅

02/04/2024

Hi everyone! This is Jonathan here, the featured guy in some of Emilee’s videos and her husband. Today is Emilee’s birthday and it would make her day if she got a bunch of comments wishing her happy birthday. I know she has helped hundreds of you through her content, so please take a moment to thank her and wish her a happy birthday. We love you all and it is so amazing to see and hear about all your stories!

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas from the Segura’s!

It has been such an incredible year, creating this community. Thank you for being here! We are grateful for you 🤟🏻

22/12/2023

It’s giveaway time! I’m partnering with InnoCaption and Bellman and Symfon to give away a deaf/hard of hearing friendly smoke detector, flash receiver, carbon monoxide detector, and bed shaker! I’m so grateful that these two companies provide tools that help make the world more accessible for deaf/ hard of hearing people.

To enter the giveaway you will need to:
- follow my page
- follow InnoCaption
- like this post
- tag a friend in the comments

Bellman and Symfon is offering a 10% discount with the code INNOCAPTION10 Here’s the link: https://rebrand.ly/qjh2ekt

GIVEAWAY RULES: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Winners must live in the United States. This giveaway is not endorsed, administered, sponsored, or affiliated with Instagram or Facebook. One (1) winner will be chosen at random, and announced on December 30th, 2023. The Giveaway prize will be shipped to the winner within seven (7) days of receiving the shipping address from the winner.

05/11/2023

I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune!

Emilie Segura, a Utah woman who was born deaf, makes videos for social media in which she talks about living with cochlear implants.

01/11/2023

happy halloween from Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca! We just had to stick with the Star Wars theme. We love our little Chewy!

30/10/2023

happy wedding Maddie and Anthony, we love you!

This wedding was special because I finally got to meet lots of Jonathan’s extended family and friends. Our wedding was in 2020 and our California reception got canceled, so this was the first time meeting lots of his family together.

03/10/2023

Come enjoy an ASL storytelling of the book "Pick a Pumpkin" written by Patricia Toht

24/09/2023

I’m so grateful for this opportunity to be interviewed by Deseret News and to share my story!

Emilee Segura was born deaf, but early intervention allowed her to hear, and speak, as well as anyone; she’s made it her life’s work to use her story to tell others what is possible.

25/08/2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beach loving husband! I am so incredibly grateful for him. I feel so lucky that I found Jonathan and he was willing to learn ASL for me, dive into deaf culture, become friends with my deaf friends, is patient when I can’t hear him, supports and encourages me with my career goals, and so much more. I love you Jonathan 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

join me in wishing him a happy birthday!

06/07/2023

answering a common question about why I only have one cochlear implant!

28/06/2023

as I talk about why I think most kids who aren’t wearing their hearing devices usually have a good reason why. Please share with a parent who has a deaf or hard of hearing child with hearing devices 🤟🏻

13/06/2023

Thank you all for your support so far! I’m excited to continue to spread awareness, educate, and entertain with deaf related content. The support on all my pages has been amazing, ily! 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽

16/02/2022

This is what I looked like right after my yearly audiology appointment. It was exhausting and scary. I want to take a moment to share my experiences about audiology appointments. I will share some tips at the end!

I’ve never liked audiology appointments. I dreaded them growing up. Every time I got a new map everything sounded loud and different. I hated it. It usually took my brain 1-3 days to adjust before everything sounded “normal” again. I was usually always exhausted at the end of the appointment because of all the testing and changes.

I know the importance of these appointments, and I’m grateful for the new maps and how they help me hear better. I notice a difference once I get a new map, so that’s why I keeping going to my yearly mapping appointment.

In the last couple of years my appointments have been easy. My map has changed only a little bit, it hasn’t been bad. I’ve been grateful because I really do hate when it drastically changes. So I went into my appointment today thinking not much would change and I would be in and out.

We started the first test where my audiologist pulls up my current map and we go through each electrode and she plays a different number of beeps at different loudness at different frequencies. I tell her how many beeps I heard. It’s hard! Sometimes my brain starts making up beeps in my head. This created a new map and it actually changed quite a bit. We turned my processor on with the new map to see how it sounded, and it was louder. I instantly said, “the fan sounds really loud.” My audiologist said that was a good sign since we changed those frequencies and a lot of speech sounds are those frequencies.

Next up was testing in the sound booth. Growing up I HATED the sound booth, I was scared I was going to get locked in there forever 😂 They seriously need to make those look less intimidating. We unplugged my processor from the computer and I put it on and everything sounded quiet again. We did the testing and I KNEW I wasn’t hearing as well. I was struggling to hear the words/sentences and repeat them. I got out of the sound booth and my audiologist asked, “how did you feel about that?” I said I felt like I’ve done better. She calculated my score and found that on that test I got 88% when last year I got 96%. That’s a huge difference, something wasn’t right.

We hooked back up to the computer and my audiologist was trying to figure out what was going on. Meanwhile I’m low key freaking out. I like to do well, so I was upset that my scores weren’t as good. What was wrong?? I immediately was scared something was wrong with the inside part and I would need to get surgery. I burst into tears and I asked my audiologist if something was wrong on the inside. She assured me everything was working on the inside.

We tested and tried a bunch of things. She got on the phone with cochlear, we tried some more things. Eventually they figured out something was wrong with the compliance. I have absolutely NO idea what that means, and my audiologist was so kind and patient as she explained it to me two times. We got it figured out, my new map was working, she gave me some stuff that might help if it gets quieter, and she recommend I get an upgrade. I’ve had this processor for 6 years, and it’s old and I need a new one. She also told me she wouldn’t make me get in the booth again to test “It’s for the best” she said. I absolutely agreed. I was EXHAUSTED and the thought of going into the booth again and doing another test would have pushed me over the edge.

I cried on the drive home, and I took off my cochlear implant because I need a break. I’m planning on taking a nap, letting my brain rest. It worked hard today.

I wanted to share this because I think it’s important for parents who have deaf kids to know this is what might feel like for their child. They might be feeling anxious, scared, overwhelmed, exhausted. They have every right to feel that way. Or they might handle it well and they are completely fine. Every audiologist appointment is different!

Here are some tips:
- First off, make sure you have yearly mappings! They are so helpful! I’m almost 24 and I still need yearly mappings. I’ve had 86 new maps throughout my life.
- Try to schedule the appointment on a day where you don’t have much going on. My mom would schedule the appointment on a Friday so I could have the weekend to adjust without being overwhelmed by going to school. Audiology appointments can be exhausting, so it’s nice to be able to go home and rest.
- Find a good pediatric audiologist! It makes a world of a difference having a pediatric audiologist who knows how to map my implant. My audiologist is so kind, patient, understanding, clear, and knows when it’s time to stop when I’m exhausted. She told me to email her if something still isn’t right. I also loved that she said, “I learn something new everyday!” It shows me that she is constantly trying to learn and improve.

I hope this helps! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

12/05/2021

We had a great time on our honeymoon (a year after being married lol)🤟🏽. Jonathan had a lot of practice with ASL as he tried translating from Spanish to ASL. He still has much to learn and needs more practice but it was great seeing the progress that he has made through this experience.

31/03/2021

Go check out our new video!! It is long but can be informational and insightful into our life together🤟🏽
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21/01/2021

New video is up! This video is about Jonathan and his ability to lipread. We also show the difficulty Emilee has while wearing masks and being in loud, public places.

https://youtu.be/6EbgHFtSSzM

This video is about Jonathan and his ability to lip read. We also show the difficulty Emilee has while wearing masks and being in a loud, public place.