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April 27, 2012 in BEA/Hearing Journey, Buffalo Implant Group, Cochlear Implants, HLAA

A few months ago, what was a lively discussion about the marketing practices of manufacturers became a project of ten individuals around the world collaborating to demystify the world of cochlear implants.  Through much bickering, wrangling, editing, censoring, researching, begging, finger-pointing, joking around became what is now known as CochlearImplantHELP.com.  Below is 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 of cochlear implants and their families, announces the website launch today. A need was identified to help others better navigate their journey to receiving a cochlear implant, whether for themselves or for a family member such as their child. And cochlearimplantHELP has been created to help them wherever they are on their cochlear implant journey. Whether just starting to learn about cochlear implants or a seasoned cochlear implant
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Clearvoice

April 16, 2012 in BEA/Hearing Journey, Buffalo Implant Group, Cochlear Implants

Today, I had ClearVoice installed on my CIs.  ClearVoice is designed to automatically analyze and adapt to each listening situation, separating the distracting noises from what I want to hear most—speech.  It eliminates background noises such as road noise, noisy restaurants and bars, air conditioner fans overhead, basically any form of noise that has a consistent sound pattern. It is an enhancement to the Advanced Bionic’s HiRes Fidelity 120 sound processing strategy.  It comes with 3 settings – low, medium, high.  Since my Harmony has 3 program slots available, it was determined that we would use slot 1 and 2 by adding CV-High and CV-medium to my current program.  Slot 3 is occupied by my current program which is before ClearVoice.  We discussed the various strategies that I have noticed from others who were activated before me.  In the end, we decided to leave my existing programs as is and
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Neptune – the world’s first and only swimmable cochlear implant processor

April 3, 2012 in BEA/Hearing Journey, Buffalo Implant Group, Cochlear Implants

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I am Honored!

September 26, 2009 in BEA/Hearing Journey, Buffalo Implant Group, Cochlear Implants, Running

Yesterday, I received the monthly Bionic Ear Association Mentor Minute Newsletter and as I have always done, just casually scroll down to see who is featured for the month. Surprisingly, they still haven’t gotten tired of me STILL! You know, I am really honored among my fellow mentors to be mentioned. This is a highly esteemed group of individuals who have committed to volunteering to help others navigate the world of hearing with cochlear implants. The picture below is the very first class of the current group. We all got together in March 2009 in Valencia, CA for training. This is a very special group, many of whom I keep in close contact every day. click on photo to enlarge I enjoy giving back what I have been given – the ability to hear better than I have ever! Each day brings a new sound and WOW moment. And new
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

May 23, 2008 in Buffalo Implant Group, Cochlear Implants

I recognizE that for some people, “Click here” doesn’t really tell them to actually click on the here so I decided to republish the subject of my post, Featured Article in B.I.G. news. Now maybe I’ll hear from my mother….. click on photo to enlarge – this may take time depending on the speed of your connection

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Busy, Busy, Busy

April 28, 2008 in Buffalo Implant Group, Cochlear Implants, Running

What a week and weekend it has been. For the most part, I am glad it’s over with. First, lets start with Saturday’s race. I stunk the joint, plain and simple. The fact I did the first mile uphill ahead of a couple of guys that I usually finish behind, was the kicker. By the time I got to the halfway point, I was just about out of gas and had barely enough to make it to the finish. So here is my line… 27. Sam Spritzer Williamsville NY 0:23:14 0:07:29 6/M50-54 24/M In other news… We sold the Maxima and made a nice profit off it. It really does pay to have someone like Steph who cleaning skills and dedication are legendary in the family. You could eat off her kitchen floor, if no other place. click on photo to enlarge click on photo to enlarge We bought a
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Weekend 1 – Mish-mash, potpourri and other things of interest

February 11, 2007 in BEA/Hearing Journey, Buffalo Implant Group, Cochlear Implants, Music, Running

Lots of things going on this weekend….so let me start…. Firstly, congrats to my friend Paul Schwartzmyer who completed a whole day’s worth of spinning courses on his way to being certified as a spinning instructor. Michelle better watch out now!! Paul is the one who wrote the article cited in my earlier posting A Spiritual Perspective. I received an email from Advanced Bionics. They want to link Welcome to Sam Spritzer’s Web Site to their listing of other cochlear implant user’s blogs. I, of course, am honored and accepted the invitation! I will be going to my first Buffalo Implant Group meeting on February 26th where Tina Childress, an audiologist with Advanced Bionics will be making a presentation about bilateral implants. Another small step and something new…my younger son, Dan, and I went to the Buffalo Auto Show yesterday. The noise was absolutely overwhelming. But guess what?! I could
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