Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toEAS and Hearing Preservation with a Cochlear Implant Hearing EAS and Hearing Preservation with a Cochlear Implant March 16, 2009 I owe a post that discusses EAS (electrical acoustic stimulation) and my CI journey so far. When I discussed my reasons for visiting UNC Chapel Hill (almost 4 hours from home) with the surgeon there we agreed that since I came that far seeking information about “hearing preservation” that we should go that route. By […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMusic and Low Frequency Hearing Hearing Music Music and Low Frequency Hearing March 4, 2009 It was only a few weeks ago that my boss at work asked me what frequency an octave is. We were planning to do an acoustical test for some fire insulation and it came up in the discussion. He figured as a musician I would know. Never having studied acoustics, I didn’t, but Google did […] Number of comments: 8
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toOn being hard of hearing…. Hearing On being hard of hearing…. March 2, 2009 I liked this post a lot: http://bionic-kate.livejournal.com/10614.html Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toFirst trip to UNC Hearing First trip to UNC March 2, 2009 The drive down yesterday, Sunday 3/1, was awful! There was a severe snow storm for the 60 miles between Lynchburg and Danville, VA and we were crawling along at 25 mph seeing cars slid off the road into the ditch every half mile. I looked at the radar map as we were heading into the […] Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toListening skills Hearing Listening skills February 28, 2009 I’ve been reading a lot of new blogs lately, a lot of them written by other people about their cochlear implant experiences. I love random web surfing so I don’t remember how I found most things. When I end up with a couple dozen tabs open in Firefox I try to add blogs to Google […] Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toSome random things Activities Hearing Some random things February 26, 2009 I’m now an ‘elected member’ of the band I play with. My mom summed it up best by saying that I’m no longer considered a guest. What really happen was the sax ensemble has kept me from skipping band rehearsals like I used to. It definitely makes it more fun. Band itself is still not […] Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toWhat changed my mind about getting a CI Hearing What changed my mind about getting a CI February 24, 2009 I wanted to document my reasons for not pursuing a cochlear implant before now and that was the point of my other post last week. Now I want to write about what finally changed my mind. I heard about the hybrid CIs and that they were in FDA trials. I sent an email to the […] Number of comments: 8
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toI am the master of delayed comprehension… Hearing I am the master of delayed comprehension… February 23, 2009 I wrote a comment on Deaf Mom’s World this weekend about why I’m always partaking in social bluffing. Usually it’s because I think I’ll catch up to the conversation and by the time I realize I’m not going to they have moved on I something new. The most frustrating part is catching a useless phrase […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toWhat do you think? Am I that deaf? Hearing What do you think? Am I that deaf? February 20, 2009 Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toWhy Not to get a cochlear implant Hearing Why Not to get a cochlear implant February 20, 2009 I’ve started this post twice now and it has morphed into something else… Let’s try again. There are lots of reasons to get a cochlear implant. There are also many people who will be happy to go on and on about the reasons not to get one, or more specifically why you shouldn’t get one […] Number of comments: 5