As I head home from the second cochlear implant appointment, I can’t help but squint with pride after discovering my new superpower. I remember this movie from my youth where they were testing a girl’s hearing, and they discovered that she could hear beyond the normal human range. I thought that was SO cool and […]
At the beginning of the second appointment, we covered off questions, details, admin, and then we went straight to adjustments. I confirmed what almost all people said about the delay with the sound between the hearing aid and the cochlear implant. I also discussed my challenges with certain aspects of the environment, noise, distinguishing between […]
Geeking Out About Sound: I am happy with some of the benefits that I have started off with the CI, but the complexity and the distortion of sound most times are overwhelming. I woke up and dropped something on my dresser which should have had a simple thud. The thud was a series of complex […]
Today we started off by asking how I was recovering from the surgery: the healing ear, balance, taste, and other symptoms. I was healing well! Check Check. Is this thing on? The external processor was handed to me and we went through the steps of attaching it to my head using the magnet (my head […]