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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
2am Blues
I had a little snooze on the couch and woke up shortly before 2am. Ugh, it seems that I have messed up my sleep again! Anyhow, while texting Tina I saw something that attracted my attention on the TV. I wanted to hear it so I got up and picked up my ear. Plugged it [...]
Customizing the Ear
Weird title right? I bet that caught your attention. I usually write such things with a lopsided grin on my face. I’ve been looking at different colors and styles for my bionic ear and I haven’t made up my mind on what to get! I’m thinking of something that would stand out, especially with my [...]
Tick, Tock the Morning Coffee Clock
I was stirring my coffee 1/2 asleep when my ear (the bionic one) picked up a regular sound. Birds? Hmm, no those are noisy critters I learned to ignore. I stopped stirring, yup it’s still there. Hmm. Behind me! I slowly turned and there’s nothing but: stove, window and clock. It’s the clock! I eyed [...]
The Sounds That I Hear
After two weeks of acoustic bombardment, I think it’s safe to say that my brain has almost adjusted to being back into the hearing world again. I’ve developed a method of going out daily to cafes, restaurants and public places in order to hear whatever is out there. Here is a list of some of [...]
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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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