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The Sound of Happiness

Posted in Family, Observations, tagged , , on September 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I know that when I was younger, I could hear cats purring.  There were a few strays that I used to sneak into my bedroom at night (they would jump on the windowsill and I would open the window).  I always loved to hear them purr.
As I got older and adopted my own cats (no [...]

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Mapping Session Weirdness

Posted in Cochlear Implants, Medical Visits, tagged , , on September 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So this was kind of a weird mapping session.
I had mapping #5 on Thursday, Sept. 18.  Krystine had a student with her this time (whose name I didn’t catch).  We started by sitting down and going over how things went in the past week.  I let her know that my left processor was still shutting [...]

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Fourth Mapping

Posted in Cochlear Implants, Medical Visits, tagged , , on September 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »

On Thursday I had my fourth mapping, three weeks after activation day on August 20.  It was hard to believe it was already time for another mapping…the week passed so quickly, and I was still not even at the normal level of volume.  I never used the louder program at all.
I wasn’t really looking forward [...]

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Hearing Again

Posted in Cochlear Implants, Observations, tagged , , on September 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »

“Isn’t it wonderful to hear again?” they ask.  “What is it like?  Is it amazing?”
It’s so difficult to describe.  For me, there was no jaw-dropping moment, no instance when I felt like shouting “Eureka!” or heard perfect, crystal clear, normal sounds.  It was all so gradual and so ever-changing that now, 3 weeks after activation, [...]

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Another Day, Another Mapping

Posted in Cochlear Implants, tagged , , , on September 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »

My third mapping was on Thursday (Sept. 4).  I’m halfway through my weekly mappings now – they go through Sept. 25 and then I’m not sure how often I’ll be going.
It’s really different now, waiting in a waiting room.  I usually don’t bother to read a magazine because Krystine comes to get me just a [...]

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Being Bilateral

Posted in Cochlear Implants, tagged on September 2, 2008 | 8 Comments »

It dawned on me in the past few days what a huge, tremendous difference it is to truly be bilateral.  The change in the way things sound is absolutely enormous.  It is the difference between just hearing sounds or noises when someone talks, and actually understanding what they are saying.  Sound completely changes.
It’s not a [...]

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