Well a little over a week has passed and things are still going great.
Over the past few days I have been able to hear a person tapping a pencil on the table in my graduate class. I was able to understand the professor when he was talking with his back turned to me.
My favorite has been the sound of the snow squishing under my feet, or the sound the snow makes when you compact it into a snow ball. The sound of the ice cracking as you open the frozen car door.
All of the sounds are great to hear and I continue to look forward to every day and the new sounds that day will bring. I am becoming even more excited about counting down the days until my surgery. A couple more months and I will hopefully be bilateral!!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Random update
So over the past weekend I was doing some housework and I realized things that made sound...it was interesting and exciting.
I was mixing up the water and soap to mop the kitchen when all the sudden I heard this noise....I could not figure out for the life of me what it was. I was probably hilarious to watch as I roamed around the kitchen trying to find the sound. Well I found it....It was the popping of the bubbles in my mop water. I did not even know that bubbles made a sound. I loved it....I just put my head over the bucket and listened for a few minutes.
I was boiling water the other day to make tea, and I was in the other room. Once again I heard something that I couldn't identify. Well this one was easier to figure out. I heard the water boiling in the kitchen.
When I was in Chapel Hill for my mapping I heard one thing that I never thought I would hear. I was looking forward to spring just to hear this....birds. Where I live it is too cold and the birds are long gone for the winter. In Chapel Hill I was walking to the car and I heard the birds singing. It was gorgeous. I just stopped and stood there listening to the music of the birds....there is nothing better at this point.
That's all for now.
I was mixing up the water and soap to mop the kitchen when all the sudden I heard this noise....I could not figure out for the life of me what it was. I was probably hilarious to watch as I roamed around the kitchen trying to find the sound. Well I found it....It was the popping of the bubbles in my mop water. I did not even know that bubbles made a sound. I loved it....I just put my head over the bucket and listened for a few minutes.
I was boiling water the other day to make tea, and I was in the other room. Once again I heard something that I couldn't identify. Well this one was easier to figure out. I heard the water boiling in the kitchen.
When I was in Chapel Hill for my mapping I heard one thing that I never thought I would hear. I was looking forward to spring just to hear this....birds. Where I live it is too cold and the birds are long gone for the winter. In Chapel Hill I was walking to the car and I heard the birds singing. It was gorgeous. I just stopped and stood there listening to the music of the birds....there is nothing better at this point.
That's all for now.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
CI One Month Update
Well it has been sometime since I updated. Everything is going great. I went back to Chapel Hill for my first mapping and testing since activation. My mapping session went great and things are sounding better.
When they put me in the booth to do my testing...the audiologists were surprised with my overall results.
HINT
6% Pre-implant
100% 1 month post activation
CNC
0% Pre-implant
62% 1 month post activation
They also administered the HINT in noise and I scored 82%.
So overall to have only been activated for one month, I would say that I am doing awesome with the CI. So much that my surgeon agreed to go ahead and implant my left ear.
My bilateral surgery date is scheduled for April 7, 2009. We are now waiting for insurance approval.
When they put me in the booth to do my testing...the audiologists were surprised with my overall results.
HINT
6% Pre-implant
100% 1 month post activation
CNC
0% Pre-implant
62% 1 month post activation
They also administered the HINT in noise and I scored 82%.
So overall to have only been activated for one month, I would say that I am doing awesome with the CI. So much that my surgeon agreed to go ahead and implant my left ear.
My bilateral surgery date is scheduled for April 7, 2009. We are now waiting for insurance approval.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
CI Day 11
Well it has been 11 days since my activation and everything is going great. I am looking forward to my next mapping on January 5th. Hopefully I will come out hearing even better than I am now. I can talk on the phone with the CI, which is awesome. I can even listen to talk shows on the radio which is phenomonal. I don't ever remember having this ability.
Over the past week communication with my husband has improved greatly. Even he has made comments that he does not have to repeat things as much for me. Work has even improved. I can understand my students better every day. I am still only using the CI in order to force my brain to learn to hear with it. I have tried my hearing aid once, and it took me awhile of playing with the CI and HA settings to get the sounds semi close to where I could understand. The results with both the CI and HA were marvelous, I could hear so much. I will eventually wear the HA but right now it is important to rely on the CI. I am still working on my therapy daily.
I am looking forward to the Holidays coming up....partly because I spent Thanksgiving out of it on pain medications as my surgery was two days before Thanksgiving. I am also looking forward to the holidays because I will be around family and mainly my neices, nephews and cousins. I can't wait to hear my three year old nephew tomorrow.
All is well, and it gets better with everyday. I love my CI and look forward to the other. Hopefully it will happen in the spring of 2009.
Over the past week communication with my husband has improved greatly. Even he has made comments that he does not have to repeat things as much for me. Work has even improved. I can understand my students better every day. I am still only using the CI in order to force my brain to learn to hear with it. I have tried my hearing aid once, and it took me awhile of playing with the CI and HA settings to get the sounds semi close to where I could understand. The results with both the CI and HA were marvelous, I could hear so much. I will eventually wear the HA but right now it is important to rely on the CI. I am still working on my therapy daily.
I am looking forward to the Holidays coming up....partly because I spent Thanksgiving out of it on pain medications as my surgery was two days before Thanksgiving. I am also looking forward to the holidays because I will be around family and mainly my neices, nephews and cousins. I can't wait to hear my three year old nephew tomorrow.
All is well, and it gets better with everyday. I love my CI and look forward to the other. Hopefully it will happen in the spring of 2009.
Friday, December 12, 2008
CI Day 4
Well today has gone fairly well. I am continuing to use the CI on the phone, which is going remarkably well.
I watched some television this afternoon and I was able to understand parts of what I was hearing without the captions. I dont know that I will ever completely give up captions but I will certainly start trying to watch tv without them to see what I can understand.
I have been doing some listening exercises and those are going well....everything is getting better.
I watched some television this afternoon and I was able to understand parts of what I was hearing without the captions. I dont know that I will ever completely give up captions but I will certainly start trying to watch tv without them to see what I can understand.
I have been doing some listening exercises and those are going well....everything is getting better.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
CI Day 3
Well today has certainly been awesome.
Things went great at school today, much better than yesterday.
This afternoon I met with a professor in a coffee shop and was able to communicate despite other customers as well as the background noise being produced by the coffee grinder, etc.
Tonight I was able to have an entire conversation on the phone with my mom using the CI only. This was awesome. This has been one thing that has worried and scared me about the CI since I received it. I was not sure if I would be able to adequately communicate on the phone as I never was able to using my hearing aids. I always had to take the hearing aids out. So for today being my third day since activation I am thrilled that I can hear on the telephone.
More and more joyful days to come. What a great Christmas present this is working out to be!!!!
Things went great at school today, much better than yesterday.
This afternoon I met with a professor in a coffee shop and was able to communicate despite other customers as well as the background noise being produced by the coffee grinder, etc.
Tonight I was able to have an entire conversation on the phone with my mom using the CI only. This was awesome. This has been one thing that has worried and scared me about the CI since I received it. I was not sure if I would be able to adequately communicate on the phone as I never was able to using my hearing aids. I always had to take the hearing aids out. So for today being my third day since activation I am thrilled that I can hear on the telephone.
More and more joyful days to come. What a great Christmas present this is working out to be!!!!
Day 2 with the CI
Today was interesting. It was my first day back at work with the CI. I am a school teacher, I also teach children with hearing losses. I did have a little trouble understanding my students but it did improve as the day went on.
The worst part of today was by all means the cafeteria during lunch. It was loud, almost painfully. For the most part I have just been playing with my programs and trying to figure out what it is that I like. Right now I am leaning towards program 2 for the majority of situations.
One of the best parts of the day was the evening. I was in the kitchen cooking dinner and I had my back to my husband. He asked me a question and I was able to understand and respond with my back turned. He was so excited. That was the first time I have ever been able to do this.
Some of the sounds I have heard today:
the trash can rolling down the hall at the end of the day as they clean up
the car window rolling down
the keyboard clicking as I type
the heat or lights in my classroom (not sure which)
The worst part of today was by all means the cafeteria during lunch. It was loud, almost painfully. For the most part I have just been playing with my programs and trying to figure out what it is that I like. Right now I am leaning towards program 2 for the majority of situations.
One of the best parts of the day was the evening. I was in the kitchen cooking dinner and I had my back to my husband. He asked me a question and I was able to understand and respond with my back turned. He was so excited. That was the first time I have ever been able to do this.
Some of the sounds I have heard today:
the trash can rolling down the hall at the end of the day as they clean up
the car window rolling down
the keyboard clicking as I type
the heat or lights in my classroom (not sure which)
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