Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMED-EL Video: How A Cochlear Implant Works Hearing MED-EL Video: How A Cochlear Implant Works 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 […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toRaining, sunshine and birds Uncategorized Raining, sunshine and birds 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. […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toActivation Appointment – May 4, 2009 Hearing Activation Appointment – May 4, 2009 May 5, 2009 Yes, folks, don’t hate me, but I was activated yesterday, barely 5 days after surgery. It seems pretty common to activate that soon with the MedEl implants, but I’m not exactly sure what factors into the decision on how long to wait. After Don told me that the surgeon originally told him we could remove […] Number of comments: 7
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toI can feel it Hearing I can feel it May 3, 2009 I’ve been poking at things all day. First it was a nice glob of dead skin that loosened up in my implanted ear. Probably a cross between surgery and just not wearing an earmold for a few days. Then my bandage started sliding down over my eyes and my hair is slipping around it in […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toForward Compatibility of cochlear implants Hearing Forward Compatibility of cochlear implants May 3, 2009 Advance for Audiologists – May 1, 2009 MED-EL upgrade page: http://tinyurl.com/cx7xs8 ——————— MED-EL Introduces MAESTRO System Software Version 3.0 The MED-EL Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved MAESTRO System Software Version 3.0 for the OPUS 1 and 2 processor. The new version, which is now available, allows COMBI 40+ […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMore on the Med El DUET hybrid CI and on my CI Uncategorized More on the Med El DUET hybrid CI and on my CI May 2, 2009 I was going to add this to the previous post but decided to start a new one here: Hearing preservation was a goal of mine and my surgeon going into my CI surgery. We did implant the worse of my two ears, but I had a fairly significant amount of hearing in the lower frequencies. […] Number of comments: 7
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toResidual hearing Hearing Residual hearing May 2, 2009 I know I have some residual hearing in my implanted ear. Right after surgery Dr Buchman scratched on my bandage with his fingernail and asked if I could hear it. I could can still can. I can also hear my cat, Tayden, purring if I lay my head right on him. Both ears. With my […] Number of comments: 5
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toPost Op: Day Two Hearing Post Op: Day Two May 1, 2009 I remember someone else’s CI blog where they wondered if they had actually done anything to them during surgery or not… that’s pretty much how I feel. I have some slight stiffness in my jaw and neck, a bandage on my head, my ear are is a bit tender and there’s dried stuff caked inside […] Number of comments: 8
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toApril 29, 2009 Hearing April 29, 2009 May 1, 2009 I wrote this the night after my surgery before going to bed. I wanted to get it all out. Now, I don’t really feel like editing it, so you get some stream of consciousness rambling. 🙂 Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link to“I won’t think about that now, I’ll think about it tomorrow.” Uncategorized “I won’t think about that now, I’ll think about it tomorrow.” April 29, 2009 Surgery went fine. Everything fine. I just got home (8:30pm) – exactly 12 hours after they took me into the OR. Where’d my 12 hours go? Well, 3ish hours for surgery, 4ish hours to wake up enough to be able leave (did I tell you I spent 10+ hours in the car yesterday between work […] Number of comments: 9