About Me

Another work trip

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 [...]

The other kitty

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.

Baxter’s thoughts on research papers

Baxter’s thoughts on research papers Originally uploaded by sajego They are great to sleep on.

Welcome, Class of 2010

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 [...]

My hearing (hi)story…

Until I was 14 I had perfectly normal hearing. That October, it was 1993, I had a minor cold (really more like “sick of school”) and that led to a stuffy feeling and a very loud ringing in my ears. I went back to school after the weekend and things sounded very odd… a stuffy, [...]

sarasera.com?

According to the whois, I’ve had this domain name since July 2002.  I remember how I came up with it… I had friends who kayaked and they wanted to put their domain name as decals on the side of their boat, or on a flag or bumper sticker or something.  I started thinking that in [...]

Welcome

Photo of Sara Looking out a Window
I'm a 30 year old girl originally from upstate NY. I work full time as an engineer and try to pack as many hobbies into the other 14 hours of my day as I can. I lost my hearing at age 14 and have been using hearing aids since then. In April 2009 I received my first cochlear implant. That went really well so in December 2009 I got the second. The CIs are what prompted me to start writing publicly - but I try to cover other things as well.

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