March 2009
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By Flickrpost on March 29, 2009
Another work tripOriginally uploaded by sajego First gorgeous day at home since February and I spent it traveling. There was even snow on the ground here to greet me. How nice! I’m in the great state of Illinois to do some acoustical testing for our insulation research project. The material is very good fire insulation but [...]
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By Flickrpost on March 28, 2009
The other kitty Originally uploaded by sajego So that he won’t feel left out: this is Tayden. A week from now he will look quite a bit different as he gets his annual hair cut next Friday.
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| Tagged cats, photo, tayden
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By Flickrpost on March 28, 2009
Baxter’s thoughts on research papers Originally uploaded by sajego They are great to sleep on.
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| Tagged baxter, cats, photo
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By Flickrpost on March 28, 2009
Benefits of EAS Originally uploaded by sajego This chart is from a paper I just read. It basically shows that in their study people with a CI benefited quite a bit from using a hearing aid in the unimplanted ear, even with hearing only at 125 Hz.
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| Tagged CI, EAS, hearing aids
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By Sara on March 27, 2009
Today I came across http://hearingpreservation.com, a website for an annual conference on what it sounds like – hearing preservation. The abstracts from last year’s conference in Kansas City are online in a pdf file, and while most are only one page, and many go over my head by using technical terms for anontomy of the ear that [...]
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| Tagged CI, CNC, cochlear implant, conference, EAS, hearing preservation, Med-El, technology
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By Sara on March 26, 2009
I was looking for a good ‘what is a CI’ video and came across a press release from last week that talks about Med-El’s new SoundScape listening practice. I don’t have my headphones with me at work today, but it looks like it would be useful and fun. http://www.medel.com/US/Rehabilitation/sound-scape.php
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| Tagged CI, listening, Med-El
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By Sara on March 25, 2009
In the past few weeks since I started this blog and really started looking for other CIers to connect with I’ve been amazed at how many people are in the same place I am. Surgery dates a week before mine, or people visiting the same CI center I am. People who went ot the same [...]
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By Sara on March 25, 2009
I read these sometime last fall I think: http://www.hearingresearch.org/Dr.Ross/CI-one.htm http://www.hearingresearch.org/Dr.Ross/CI-two.htm I was also particularly interested in his experiences with a CI to hear music. Unfortunately it wasn’t that encouraging. You can find those and all of his articles on hearing loss here: http://www.hearingresearch.org/ross.htm
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By Sara on March 24, 2009
Here is the audiogram from my CI evaluation at UNC on March 2nd. It clearly shows my right ear (Os) versus my left ear (Xs). And shows that above 2000 Hz there was no response. That’s one change in the last 10 years – I used to have a response at 3000 Hz. (Edited to add: Maybe not, [...]
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| Tagged CI eval, cochlear implant, Hearing, hearing aids, Med-El, sound frequencies, testing
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