Placeholder image - camera icon. Link to5 Months with a Cochlear Implant, Music and Lectures Activities Hearing Music 5 Months with a Cochlear Implant, Music and Lectures October 2, 2009 First things first. Music with my cochlear implant is way way beyond my expectations. But I had pretty low expectations. Seriously, music sounds great now (5 months from activation). The CI adds a whole new layer of sounds that I couldn’t hear before. It helps bring out the lyrics. It adds the higher frequency percussion, […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toHow the CI brands leap-frog each other… Hearing How the CI brands leap-frog each other… September 19, 2009 It’s nice that there are three brands of cochlear implants. The competition keeps everyone moving forward. Cochlear just had a new implant and processor approved, the Cochlear 5. Here’s an example comparison posted to one of the mailing lists I’m on that shows how one brand is catching up with another. With the advent of […] Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toFour months, research, music Hearing Music Work Four months, research, music September 11, 2009 Let’s see how I do with my last post’s list. I’m going to take CI/hearing topics today. 1. 4 months with CI That’s right. I was activated way back on May 4th. I’ve been in for just 3 mappings since then at 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months (though all were a bit late). […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toBlog topics brain dump! About Me Activities Hearing ... Blog topics brain dump! September 2, 2009 I want to write! But there are so many things that I want to write about that I draw a blank when I open this window to start. Maybe a list will help… 4 months with CI CI #2? 2 CIs versus 1 CI and 1 HA versus bilateral EAS Music lately (wish I’d remembered […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toHearing impaired get better hearing with cochlear implant plus hearing aid Hearing Hearing impaired get better hearing with cochlear implant plus hearing aid August 4, 2009 Sorry for the cut-n-paste job, but I’m traveling again for work this week without much time to write. I find this topic fascinating though. I’ve been wearing my hearing aid in the unimplemented ear (formerly my better ear) for almost 2 months now. For the next set of hearing tests I’ll ask to be tested […] Number of comments: 7
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toNew sounds I can hear really well Hearing New sounds I can hear really well July 31, 2009 Frying pan noises – right now Don is grilling burgers in a pan because the grill ran out of gas Which cycle the washer or dryer are on – from the living room Beep when the washer finishes MANY crickets and other chipers outside at night – just opening the door a crack is like […] Number of comments: 7
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toPiccolos? Yes, I hear them. Hearing Music Piccolos? Yes, I hear them. July 17, 2009 I used to joke that I did great in band, my hearing loss didn’t prevent me from playing, I could hear everyone… except the piccoolos. And people would laugh and say that I wasn’t missing anything, or even that I was lucky to not hear them. When did I first realize I was hearing them […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toSummer’s moving right along About Me Activities Hearing Summer’s moving right along July 17, 2009 Where does the time go? July 4th weekend my parents stopped to visit us here in Charlottesville. I had a band concert that Thursday night and another on the morning of the Fourth of July at Monticello. It’s always moving to see the naturalization ceremony conducted. Last year the guest speaker was the president (which […] Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toUsing the phone with a relay service Hearing Using the phone with a relay service July 1, 2009 I just read a post over at earplugs about dealing with phone calls that have the voice menu systems. A nuissance for deaf and hearing alike. In the past years I’ve gotten very comfortable making these kinds of calls though. I am much more comfortable with calls to someone who gets paid to answer the […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMy thoughts on “Sound and WAY Beyond” Hearing My thoughts on “Sound and WAY Beyond” June 29, 2009 I’ve been curious about the Sound and WAY Beyond auditory training from Cochlear (one of the 3 cochlear implant brands). Problem is, it’s $99 (maybe more since I’m not a Cochlear customer) and it doesn’t run on a Mac (believe it or not I’m not set up to run Windows on my Mac. I have […] Number of comments: 8