May 2009
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By Sara on May 27, 2009
I was really looking forward to a new Map since most people seem to get a bunch of them right away after their activation and here it had been 16 days before I got my first new one. Even so, and even after 15 years of hearing tests, I was nervous about the testing they [...]
Posted in Hearing
| Tagged audiogram, beginnings, CNC, CUNY, hearing preservation, HINT, Med-El, testing, UNC
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By Sara on May 27, 2009
Having Monday off work threw my timing off on this post a bit. Or maybe just procrastination. First – I have a new audiogram and CUNY, HNT and CNC scores for my right (CI) ear, but I’ll put that in another post so it will be easy to find later. Big events of my third week with the CI: Saxophone [...]
Posted in Hearing
| Tagged beginnings, CI, FSP, HD-CIS, mapping, Med-El, saxophone, UNC
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By Sara on May 23, 2009
Hi everyone, Today I have a request rather than an update. I was wondering if anyone would like to share their frustrations with their implants and how they overcame them (or not). For early frustrations, I’ve encountered several people now who, at initial turn on, couldn’t hear the tones, felt only vibration, couldn’t hear anything except static… [...]
Posted in Hearing
| Tagged CI, frustrations, sharing, support
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By Sara on May 19, 2009
I’m trying to make at least weekly updates here… Things I’m hearing that I’ve honestly never considered hearing before: The electronic door lock at work beeps when I open it with my ‘wand’ The keys I wear around my neck at work clink as I walk My boss swishes as he walks across the room towards me (nice to [...]
Posted in Hearing, Music
| Tagged band, beginnings, CI, saxophone
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By Sara on May 14, 2009
I would much rather write blog posts about things that make me laugh. Such as this kitten video:
Posted in About Me
| Tagged kittens, surprise, youtube
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By Sara on May 14, 2009
A month or so ago I was contacted randomly on Twitter by a guy named Dan Schwartz. We chatted a bit and it was a somewhat interesting conversation but the guy was obviously closed minded, ignorant and opinionated. When he called someone a cu*t I un-followed him. When he started going off on someone about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
| Tagged troll, twitter
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By Sara on May 12, 2009
I found these two articles over at earplugs’s blog. This one from Wired contains this amazing paragraph: More than 50 years ago, Austrian researcher Ivo Kohler gave people goggles that severely distorted their vision: The lenses turned the world upside down. After several weeks, subjects adjusted — their vision was still tweaked, but their brains were processing [...]
Posted in Hearing
| Tagged bach-y-rita, beginnings, perception, senses, sensory prothesis
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By Sara on May 12, 2009
Today makes a week since my cochlear implant was activated. My friend asked me if I like it – of course my answer is “ask me in a few months”. The robot voices are much less beepy now and are more mumbley and underwater sounding. Still not intelligible without lipreading or a script. My own voice still bothers me [...]
Posted in Hearing
| Tagged beginnings, CI, what's that sound
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By Sara on May 11, 2009
This is one of my favorite videos about cochlear implants – especially the part about the damaged hairs and when a hearing aid won’t help… After the ‘how it works’ part there are three testimonials from people who chose the MED-EL brand. I’m sure every brand has people willing to go on camera and oooh and ahh [...]
Posted in Hearing
| Tagged CI, Med-El, video, youtube
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By Sara on May 7, 2009
We were covered in pollen which coated the new patio furniture no matter how often you brushed it off. When it started raining four days ago we were relieved. Everything was now so fresh, green, cleaned off. Today was the fifth morning to wake up to gray skies. It poured last night. A huge thunderstorm. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
| Tagged beginnings, birds, CI, rain, restaurants, robots, sunshine
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