It is the last meeting with the surgeon. Here we go… *deep breathe* You think I might be able to breathe easy since I just discovered the balance test wasn’t a “make or break it” test for qualifying for the surgery… However, I was still a bundle of nerves. This was it! The surgeon entered. MRI. […]
The final test is a balance test and as a form of caution, they suggest that I prepare by expecting to vomit. I was so nervous, because sometimes if I simply touch my ear and my head starts spinning*. I flashbacked to the worst vertigo and I remember that intense feeling of wanting to vomit. […]
Being a part of a list for a CI at Sunnybrook – I get an email (yes, an email – they’re nice that way) to ask if I would like to participate in a study. The study is for testing out how the brain works with lipreading. “I cannot silent lipread” I responded. This apparently […]
Here I am at the Sunnybrook waiting room after months drastic changes in hearing loss. I often wondered why my doctor and specialist were not referring me to this program until I became completely deaf in the left ear and a severe-to-profound hearing loss on the right. It turns out that the criteria for this […]
My Hearing Loss Story (Condensed Version) The medical world prefers short and sweet. It might go a little something like this: My hearing loss began on the left side at the age of 10 with the genetic condition called Otosclerosis. I started to wear one hearing aid at the age of 12 with a severe […]