Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toA Note About House Uncategorized A Note About House April 27, 2009 I don’t watch House, or much TV at all honestly, but apparently they had a patient receive a cochlear implant on the show tonight. I read a summary of it in Nabeel’s blog and just from reading that decided I should make a ‘that’s not how it works, folks’ post, just in case. Number of comments: 7
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toAn update in photos Activities An update in photos April 27, 2009 It’s been a lovely lovely spring the last few days. The tulips and flocks have been out. Betsie has been keeping the lawn mowed short. Even the baby white clover I planted for her to chew on is doing great. I just scattered it around by hand – we’ll find out soon if this was […] Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toBack in Time – via Time Magazine Hearing Back in Time – via Time Magazine April 27, 2009 This is kind of other-worldly…. so much has changed in the last 15 years…. Processors are now the size of large hearing aids, and individual wires inside the ear have been replaced with tiny electrode pairs. On a related note, the Wikipedia article on CIs has a lot of info. TIME magazine – March 12, […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toToo busy to write = Too busy to worry Activities Hearing Music ... Too busy to write = Too busy to worry April 22, 2009 One week from now I’ll hopefully be done with surgery and on my way home if not already home. I won’t know what time to report on the 29th until the day before. Working backwards from there….. The night before surgery, Don and I will drive down to Chapel Hill and take up residence in […] Number of comments: 3