“I thought after surgery you don’t have to wear those things anymore?” “Do you wear that thing all the time?” “Isn’t it a bit too big?” “Don’t you think it looks ugly?” “Are you planning to grow your hair?” Such are the questions I have been asked constantly, at times they remain unasked but I [...]
Do You Have An Accent?
Three years ago the journal Current Biology published a study that babies already have an accent while still in the womb. Crazy isn’t it? Not at all! Every expectant mother should already know that babies DO listen while still in the womb. So be careful with that potty mouth, lady. Anyway, how about the accents? [...]
Speech Discrimination
Earlier today I went for my appointment with the audiologist and she sent me for a speech discrimination test. The great news is that I scored a fantastic 80%! Although, I did the test in English and the audiologist who tested me had an interesting mix of British, American and Indian English. Not to mention [...]
A Call for Help Gets Answered
A new unbiased and comprehensive cochlear implant website has just been announced to the public a few hours ago and the announcement as copied from the press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Global, April 27, 2012 A Call for Help Gets Answered CochlearImplantHELP.com, a new and comprehensive website aimed at helping current and future users [...]
Man or Machine?
“Hatha machine?” Is that a machine? Asked the janitor at work last week in broken Arabic and English. I paused at the last step leading down from the office and stared at him, my mind was elsewhere and suddenly it went blank. When he pointed at my CI, I suddenly understood. Smiling I replied in [...]
Sense of Community
Last Saturday I went to see an old friend and his family. They wanted to see how my progress is with the cochlear implant and mulling over the decision for my friend to go get one too. After a long and interesting talk, I left feeling satisfied that I have accomplished something. It’s always fulfilling [...]
Perky Ears
Did you ever get that sensation when you hear something just within the range of your hearing, your ears twitch and perk up? I’m sure you, your neighbor’s dog and everyone else has that in common. It’s a weird thing for me to have my not-so-deaf left ear perk up while the right (CI ear) [...]
Bilateral Implant
At the end of my mapping session (The picture is an example of a mapping session) last Tuesday, I had a serious discussion about going for my bilateral implant surgery. After what’s going on with my right ear, I’m pretty much convinced to implant my left ear too. Besides, I was born with two ears…enough [...]
4 Weeks Later
I’m definitely working hard to improve my hearing. With the help of a crack team of audiologists, I can’t help but consider myself lucky. Believe me, I am quite grateful to be able to reach where I am today within such a short period of time. Four weeks ago my ear has been yanked back [...]
Post Implant Audiogram
Finally, I have my first audiogram since I’ve been activated! The chart looks thrilling indeed but what’s more thrilling is the following: 1) My speech comprehension (in a quiet environment) is 100%. I still need to work on it in noisy environments. 2) I was watching a movie that other night, I could pick out [...]
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Who Am I Hiding From?
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Do You Have An Accent?
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Speech Discrimination
- A Call for Help Gets Answered
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Man or Machine?
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Eman: Well , Rashed , u took me back to the very first f...
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Rebecca Seamon: I like to wear my hair up so people can see my CI....
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Rashed: This is the attitude people should adopt at an ear...
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Tina: I guess some people see deafness as something to h...
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