Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toAnother listening rehab website: from Med-El Hearing Another listening rehab website: from Med-El March 26, 2009 I was looking for a good ‘what is a CI’ video and came across a press release from last week that talks about Med-El’s new SoundScape listening practice. I don’t have my headphones with me at work today, but it looks like it would be useful and fun. http://www.medel.com/US/Rehabilitation/sound-scape.php Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toWelcome, Class of 2010 About Me Hearing Welcome, Class of 2010 March 25, 2009 In the past few weeks since I started this blog and really started looking for other CIers to connect with I’ve been amazed at how many people are in the same place I am. Surgery dates a week before mine, or people visiting the same CI center I am. People who went ot the same […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toThoughts on the CI experience by Dr. Mark Ross Hearing Thoughts on the CI experience by Dr. Mark Ross March 25, 2009 I read these sometime last fall I think: http://www.hearingresearch.org/Dr.Ross/CI-one.htm http://www.hearingresearch.org/Dr.Ross/CI-two.htm I was also particularly interested in his experiences with a CI to hear music. Unfortunately it wasn’t that encouraging. You can find those and all of his articles on hearing loss here: http://www.hearingresearch.org/ross.htm Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toNewest Audiogram and Tests from UNC CI Eval Hearing Newest Audiogram and Tests from UNC CI Eval March 24, 2009 Here is the audiogram from my CI evaluation at UNC on March 2nd. It clearly shows my right ear (Os) versus my left ear (Xs). And shows that above 2000 Hz there was no response. That’s one change in the last 10 years – I used to have a response at 3000 Hz. (Edited to […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toAdvanced Bionics Listening Room Hearing Advanced Bionics Listening Room March 20, 2009 This looks like a really great set of listening activities – http://www.hearingjourney.com/Listening_Room/Teens_and_Adults/Listening_Gym/index.cfm?langid=1 I like the idea of being able to call a number and listen to a recording to practice using the phone. I’m glad that the professional engineering exam that I am taking will be completely done before my surgery. I have enough distractions […] Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toEAS and Hearing Preservation with a Cochlear Implant Hearing EAS and Hearing Preservation with a Cochlear Implant March 16, 2009 I owe a post that discusses EAS (electrical acoustic stimulation) and my CI journey so far. When I discussed my reasons for visiting UNC Chapel Hill (almost 4 hours from home) with the surgeon there we agreed that since I came that far seeking information about “hearing preservation” that we should go that route. By […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toSpring! Activities Spring! March 6, 2009 Just in time for me to go South for work for a week we get beautiful weather. These guys are poking out by the mailbox in my front yard. It’s going to be 75 tomorrow and 79 on Sunday. I’m hoping we get to go skiing! I love spring skiing! Number of comments: 5
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMusic and Low Frequency Hearing Hearing Music Music and Low Frequency Hearing March 4, 2009 It was only a few weeks ago that my boss at work asked me what frequency an octave is. We were planning to do an acoustical test for some fire insulation and it came up in the discussion. He figured as a musician I would know. Never having studied acoustics, I didn’t, but Google did […] Number of comments: 8
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toOn being hard of hearing…. Hearing On being hard of hearing…. March 2, 2009 I liked this post a lot: http://bionic-kate.livejournal.com/10614.html Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toFirst trip to UNC Hearing First trip to UNC March 2, 2009 The drive down yesterday, Sunday 3/1, was awful! There was a severe snow storm for the 60 miles between Lynchburg and Danville, VA and we were crawling along at 25 mph seeing cars slid off the road into the ditch every half mile. I looked at the radar map as we were heading into the […] Number of comments: 0
