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Dinner party
We were invited to dinner at a friend’s house last night. There were seven of us all together and I had met all but one of them at least once before. Last time we played a game called Loaded Questions. I remember having to make people repeat things again and again when it was my [...]
Thoughts on the CI experience by Dr. Mark Ross
I read these sometime last fall I think: http://www.hearingresearch.org/Dr.Ross/CI-one.htm http://www.hearingresearch.org/Dr.Ross/CI-two.htm I was also particularly interested in his experiences with a CI to hear music. Unfortunately it wasn’t that encouraging. You can find those and all of his articles on hearing loss here: http://www.hearingresearch.org/ross.htm
Newest Audiogram and Tests from UNC CI Eval
Here is the audiogram from my CI evaluation at UNC on March 2nd. It clearly shows my right ear (Os) versus my left ear (Xs). And shows that above 2000 Hz there was no response. That’s one change in the last 10 years – I used to have a response at 3000 Hz. (Edited to add: Maybe not, [...]
First trip to UNC
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 [...]
Why Not to get a cochlear implant
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 for [...]
My first CI evaluation
It has been over 15 years since I lost my hearing. In 1993 I was told that a CI would not help me. That they didn’t produce very good sound and that speech comprehension with one was lower than I was getting with my hearing aids. I wasn’t that deaf. Honestly, I didn’t really think about [...]
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, [...]
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