Right now I am listening to that old 60s and 70s rock group – Traffic. Today marks two weeks, two days since activation. It was also the first testing I had done since becoming bionic. While I am waiting for…
Author: Sam Spritzer
Congratulations Tony!
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Tony is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. He is the subject of a post I did back in November 2006 – “Quitting is not an option…Finishing is the ONLY option!”. Tony has Myeloma. We received an…
Cochlear Implants and Meningitis
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I am a member of a couple of yahoo groups that deal with the subject of cochlear implants and there was one such posting about a seven year old girl who died of Meningitis which may have been caused by…
Week 2, Day 7 – Two week mark
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This morning, I received an e-mail from Advanced Bionics which also included a release form for me to sign and then the next step will be for them to review my website for inclusion in theirs. To be the fifth…
Week 2, Day 6 – Hearing and the Races
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Sounds a kind of like the Elton John song, Bennie and the Jets as I was thinking of a title for today’s post. Let me start with the hearing part… What a shocker!! The post-race party was held in the…
Week 2, Day 5 – Blah!
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Today I am feeling blah…probably coming down with a cold or something and just in time for my first race of the year tomorrow…the Dash for the Dome 5K. Right now the weather is windy and blowing snow. If its…
Week 2, Day 4 – Helping others out
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I am a member of a couple of yahoo groups for cochlear implantees. There is one gal in one of these groups who is going to be activated today. She asked what it would be like so I thought I…
Week 2, Day 3 – “Very cold this morning”
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Those were the words out of one of my co-workers mouth this morning. Although I was looking at him, I wasn’t really concentrating to the extent that I was going to have a conversation with him. Its like…out of the…
Week 2, Day 2 – Another caught talking behind my back victim and the dentist
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I seem to be responding more to people who walk up to me from behind or who are close by. For the first time, without looking to read the person’s lips, I was able to understand part of what he…
Week 2, Day 1 – Tinnitus is a PITA!
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Today was a rather routine day. One thing I was able to do was finally locate the source of a tapping sound. Originally, I thought it was something in the heater duct but it turned out to be dripping water…