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More deaf with CIs
One thing I’ve noticed since getting CIs is that I’ve never been as deaf in my life as when I don’t have them on. It isn’t so much the change in my hearing but more the fact that I was never without my hearing aids and never without spare batteries. I even slept with my [...]
Dinner party
We were invited to dinner at a friend’s house last night. There were seven of us all together and I had met all but one of them at least once before. Last time we played a game called Loaded Questions. I remember having to make people repeat things again and again when it was my [...]
The phone, video phones, multi-tasking and “the future”
Ever since I started ‘chatting’ on the internet back in 1995 or 96 I’ve been a multi-tasker. My mom and I chatted, my friends at college and I chatted, I even IMed with my roommates when we were in the same room. The reason this works so well is that it allows us to have [...]
Second (lett) Activation – December 29, 2009
Last night one of the local news weather people was asking on Twitter for favorite memories of 2009. I didn’t write in, but my favorite memory of 2009 was only a few hours old. My new CI was activated yesterday afternoon and after going through and setting the comfortable volume level on 11 electrodes three or [...]
A really useless transcription
Barely enough to get the gist of what he’s saying…. could have done better just focusing on trying to hear. I prefer using text relay versus captel. The relay operator is a better advocate than I am for myself. Outcome: no CI activation until the 4th even though I had an appt scheduled for tomorrow with [...]
So far, so good
Had my second CI surgery today and am now bilateral. I missed my pre-op appointment due to being snowed in from the storm Friday and Saturday with no plows in sight on my street. I was pretty worried but when I called to tell them they said just come for surgery, they could do everything then [...]
Waiting and snow storms
Today is the day. I’m not first this time so have to wait more I think. Not terribly hungry due to stomach butterflies. I had to reschedule/cancel my pre-op appointment that was supposed to be two days ago because Charlottesville got over two feet of snow. The snow stopped Saturday night but my street didn’t see [...]
Hearing a lot: videos, the phone, movies
Another short update just to say that I’m now able to hear the following things a whole lot better than I could without the implant: High-quality recorded voices. I’m not understanding movies at the theater, but I am understanding movies at ted.com (without the amazing subtitles that site has!) and many other videos that have professional, [...]
6 Months
My six month appointment at the CI center was a good one. I drove down to Chapel Hill the day before and spent the evening with my cousin and his wife. I hadn’t seen them since before my CI surgery, so it was nice to catch up. The audiologists had moved to a satellite location away [...]
Mainstreaming vs Deaf School…
I just read this post by Mark Drolsbaugh at Deaf Culture Online: http://www.deaf-culture-online.com/mainstreaming-vs-deaf.html. It’s about the different levels of social interaction that his son experiences at various summer camps. I liked the article because it really emphasizes how essential peer interaction is. It also shows that even if you aren’t 100% fluent in ASL, it [...]
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