Alright, so I picked up my ipod touch from my dad's work.
While there I figured out completely his reluctance and avoidance of any conversation about the implant surgery. He asked casually about the "hole." Get this: He thought I was going to have a HOLE in my head for the rest of my life! No wonder he didn't like the thought!! Ah, Dad, I do love you ! Aw. He did say, "Oh so the surgery doesn't make you have a hole anymore?" The keyword being ANYMORE. Did it ever leave a "hole?" I don't blame him for the misconception because I think I did sort of think that when I was younger.
I still think many people don't really "get" how it'll work and how noninvasive it will look.
So far, the ipod touch is really great! :) But funnily enough, I haven't uploaded any music on it yet! I HAVE, however, downloaded the Otter Movie (an ADORABLE short 1 minute and 24 seconds clip that never fails to make me smile).
Also? I heard just fine after my hearing aid had "warmed up" for awhile. I am just sad that I don't have a left-ear mold for the hearing aid, so that means unless I have some residual hearing left after the surgery, I won't be able to hear ANYTHING till the activation. The soonest available date for a mold to be made for the left ear was AFTER surgery, and then fast shipping would have been extra money. :( But hopefully I'll have some residual hearing?? Who knows....
Not much else to say. One more day till the pre-op, which is at 1pm....
"Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right." -Aldous Huxley
A proud University of Washington Husky, headstrong dreamer, aspiring to make the world a better place, a little scatterbrained at times, I laugh frequently and love soaking in bubble baths until I wrinkle or I finish the book I'm reading, whichever comes first.
Born with a profound hearing loss, diagnosed at six months old, and implanted in my left ear with Advanced Bionics' Harmony at 19 years old. The CI brings sound to everything in life. :]
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Great Sites (Relating to Hearing)
- About.Com Speaking Comprehension Practice
- Advanced Bionics (MY Cochlear Implant Manufacturer!)
- Advanced Bionics Forum
- Cochlear Americas (Implant Manufacturer)
- Cued Speech
- Curious About How To Sign Something?
- Deaf Village- Many CI Blogs Listed
- Ello: Advanced English Listening
- Hearing Journey
- Information on Insurance Billing
- Late-Deafened Adults Site
- Listening Room (Activities for Implant)
- Many Different Sounds!
- ManyThings Word Practice (Great for Beginners!)
- Mel-El (Cochlear Implant Manufacturer)
- Music Practice (Thanks to Abbie)
- Pitch Testing
- Practice Listening to Simple Stories
- Speak On The Phone & See Captions
- Video/Text Phone Relay
- Which Instrument Is It? (Thanks to Abbie)
- Word Distinguishation Practice
- Youtube- Great!
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Some of my Favorite Quotes
"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
(gandhi)
"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
(anne frank)
"Our destination is never a place, but rather a NEW way of looking at things"
(henry miller, american writer & painter)
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference"
(elie wiesel, holocaust survivor and speaker)
"Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible"
(t.e lawrence, british philosopher)
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace"
(jimi hendrix)
(gandhi)
"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
(anne frank)
"Our destination is never a place, but rather a NEW way of looking at things"
(henry miller, american writer & painter)
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference"
(elie wiesel, holocaust survivor and speaker)
"Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible"
(t.e lawrence, british philosopher)
(jimi hendrix)
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Want to contact me about information on cochlear implants for children, yourself, or others, therapy ideas, requests to meet, or even just to chat because you're a curious person?
Great! E-Mail me at Jewelbaby22@gmail.com or just comment on the most recent blog and I will get back to you!
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4 comments:
I also found that the general population and immediate family knew so little about CI's. People assumed that it is an advanced hearing aid in many cases. Now people look at me and assume I have a blue tooth head piece and am on the phone!
Oh goodness...poor thing...no wonder he's been nervous! My grandma thought I was having a transplant, like from somebody that had died....um....no. There is so much misinformation about CIs out there!!
I'm so excited...getting closer!!!
I jut got an implant almost 2 months ago. I got the MedEl Opus2 model with the nifty remote control. And yes you do have a hole in yer head. That's where the electrode goes through to yer cochlea. I even play with the hole and feel the air pressure change in my ear. Good luck and keep us posted . smile
Oh boy! It amazes me when people especially our own parents who should have been listening to the doctor doesn't. oi!
South, I don't feel the hole in my mastoid bone. I just had to the privilege of flying for the first time and the only time I felt air pressure was in my unimplanted ear. It hurt!
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