Linda, welcome to the hobby!  Besides FM, with your implants, a number of 
deaf hams operate CW, you could do that with an indoor antenna, I knew a guy 
who had a set of ancient headphones, and he felt the metal diaframs on his 
ears.  Other people feel speaker cones, and with the narrow filters in 
receivers, geting one station to vibrate a speaker aught to be easy.  With 
your implants, none of this might be necessary.
Many people use things called IRLP and Echo-link, which are mariages between 
computer internet and radio.
In door wire or mobile verticals have been used for HF communication, but 
it's a challenge.  Well, radio in general is a challenge, that's the fun!