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Audiometric Tests (2 weeks with cochlear implant)
I was really looking forward to a new Map since most people seem to get a bunch of them right away after their activation and here it had been 16 days before I got my first new one. Even so, and even after 15 years of hearing tests, I was nervous about the testing they [...]
Week Three and New Map #1
Having Monday off work threw my timing off on this post a bit. Or maybe just procrastination.
First – I have a new audiogram and CUNY, HNT and CNC scores for my right (CI) ear, but I’ll put that in another post so it will be easy to find later.
Big events of my third week with the CI:
Saxophone ensemble rehearsal and [...]
Week Two
I’m trying to make at least weekly updates here…
Things I’m hearing that I’ve honestly never considered hearing before:
The electronic door lock at work beeps when I open it with my ‘wand’
The keys I wear around my neck at work clink as I walk
My boss swishes as he walks across the room towards me (nice to have a warning!)
I can hear [...]
Sensory perception and plasticity
I found these two articles over at earplugs’s blog.
This one from Wired contains this amazing paragraph:
More than 50 years ago, Austrian researcher Ivo Kohler gave people goggles that severely distorted their vision: The lenses turned the world upside down. After several weeks, subjects adjusted — their vision was still tweaked, but their brains were processing the images [...]
End of Week One
Today makes a week since my cochlear implant was activated.
My friend asked me if I like it – of course my answer is “ask me in a few months”.
The robot voices are much less beepy now and are more mumbley and underwater sounding. Still not intelligible without lipreading or a script. My own voice still [...]
Raining, sunshine and birds
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. [...]
Activation Appointment – May 4, 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 [...]
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