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Archive for April, 2009

Silent Night

Posted in Cochlear Implants, Observations, tagged , , on April 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I don’t wear my CIs to bed, so every night I abruptly descend into silence.  First one CI comes off, and I carefully nestle it into its special case.  The sounds around me completely change, because if I’m just wearing one CI it makes a huge difference…it’s like a completely different environment, sound-wise.  The minute [...]

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Thunderstorm!

Posted in Observations on April 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’m sitting here listening to a THUNDERSTORM. I’m not standing up against the storm door with my palms to the glass, trying to feel the thunder. I can hear it!! I can hear the rain. I can tell when it’s pouring down and when it slows to a light downfall.
I probably [...]

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One Year

Posted in Cochlear Implants, Emotions & Attitude, tagged , , , on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One year ago today I saw the doctor and it was confirmed:  I was profoundly deaf in both ears.  I consider yesterday, April 15, to actually be the ‘anniversary’ of my going deaf because I knew my hearing was totally gone on that day.  I just happened to have the doctor appointment on the 16th.
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An Apple A Day…

Posted in Cochlear Implants, Family, tagged , on April 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The past couple months have been mainly focused on medical visits.  At the end of January, I finally got an eye exam.  That was one of the things I refused to do after I went totally deaf, because I didn’t think I could handle lip reading in a dark room with my contacts out.  My [...]

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