It’s been 1 week now with this torture device bandage wrapped around my head. Doc won’t let it off, nor mom will let me cut it off (guess who has more clout?). Maybe it’s because I live in a dusty climate? It itches. I suspect my head will look like a waffled egg (huh?) by [...]
Archive | January, 2012
The Day I Got My Bionic Ear
I felt a jabbing in my side and arm, something annoying. Opened my eyes a crack and saw the male nurse scowling at me signing for me to sit up in bed. It’s still dark outside but I saw the pressure cuff in his hands as he waited impatiently, I gave him my arm and [...]
The Beginning of Cyborgism
For several years, I’ve been researching the different types of cochlear implants available in the market. Since I’m in Kuwait, my choices were limited to either Cochlear or Med-El for awhile until Advanced Bionics was introduced sometime in 2010. Then I was introduced to a wonderful person named Tina, first online through her excellent blog [...]
CI Eve
Update: 02:43 – I woke up wanting a drink of water. Mouth like sandpaper & I’m not allowed to eat/drink. Advice: Don’t eat anything spicy or dries out your mouth like KFC. Ugh. I checked into the hospital at around 8pm, mostly riding in silence with my brother driving and mother sitting in the back. [...]
Enter the Bionic World
When my brother sent me a text, “Your hospital called 8 times” two weeks ago. I was literally itching to know whether it’s time for my cochlear implant surgery or not. He called them back but wasn’t clear on whether I should come back or just finish off the rest of my vacation. So after [...]
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Who Am I Hiding From?
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Do You Have An Accent?
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Speech Discrimination
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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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