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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Curious Incident of the Cranked Up CIborg
Today I had my first appointment with the doctor since my activation last Tuesday. Of course, I woke up quite late but lucky for me I was the last patient and the doctor took her time with me. Today my implant has been cranked up and I can hear even more sounds not to mention [...]
Cochlear Implant Activation Video
Transcript Credit: Catherine Richardson for O’Malley Communications Caption Credit: Tina Lannin Camera Jockey Credit: Raed Yousef (My brother!) My apologies for sound/video quality not being up to standard.
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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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