Today, I had a mapping session to deal with some slight twitching I was experiencing. What we decided to do was lower the gain on two of the programs and made a new program with a small window so that…
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Cochlear Implants
CI Updates – Going bilateral!
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Today, I visited Dr. Diaz-Ordaz’s office for the express purpose of taking the steps necessary to have the other ear (left) implanted. While I originally considered the cochlear implant last year, Dr. Diaz-Ordaz and I were discussing whether to do…
Cochlear Implants
CI reflections
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Not much has been happening over the past couple of weeks CI-wise. So, I thought I would take this opportunity to reflect on the past and what the CI has meant to me, thus far. To refreshen, the implant date…
Cochlear Implants
Its been a busy week-CI
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I just turned in my first book on CD, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Unfortunately, because the bureaucracy at County Hall decided we were paying too much in taxes, they cut monies out of the library budget hence, no…
Cochlear Implants, Running
Upgrade
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Yesterday was mapping session #7. My speech therapist, Prudence, was there since she would be better able to talk “speech techie” in describing what I can hear and what I can’t. Between her and the audies, Joanne and Michelle, I…
Cochlear Implants, Music
$60,000?????????
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One week since the lap mapping and so far, no twitching….thank G_d! I am beginning to enjoy music again and have a renewed interest in Dave Brubeck who was also my father’s favorite jazz musician. Amazingly enough, even at the…
Cochlear Implants
Joanne’s Impact Noise
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Today was mapping session #5 and this was with Michelle alone since Joanne was with another client. The focus was on the involuntary facial twitching I was (YES, WAS!) experiencing. The twitching was being caused by what Joanne finally described…
Cochlear Implants, Running
Happy Spring Day
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Dan is cooking dinner tonight…at least the side dish which is broccoli. If he puts that whole stick of butter in it, it will probably bring tears to my mother’s eyes since I used to do that myself when I…
Cochlear Implants
Updates
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I know I haven’t written in quite a while and since its a nice quiet Sunday morning, I thought it would be a good time for an update. Since my setback as written in an earlier post, Minor Setback, I…
Cochlear Implants
Minor Setback
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With today being mapping session #4, it turned out to be somewhat of a minor setback. I was hoping to upgrade to Fidelity 120, a strategy that is suppose to be a more natural improvement over the Hi-Res version I…