Hi guys :)
Got my 1st mapping yesterday, it went better then I thought it would! Still have the buzzing but now alot of things don't ding as much. Voices kinda sound like mickey mouse on helium lmao! And I was so happy when i didn't feel the beeps in my forehead like the activation day, that was a bit annoying, hearing a beep and having that twitch, but yesterday that was all gone :)
My audie told me that i did a big turn around since the activation date, the lil "tests" she gave me by reading words to me so i know how they sound then repeating 1 back to me behind her lil "barrier" i got them all right but i think 2, so recognizing the syllables for the most part :)
OH! when the appt was over i walked outside and it was raining lightly, I heard the lil crackling sounds from the rain hitting the pavement!!! i was sooo amazed. I stood out there for a few minutes "soaking" up the sound. Then on the drive home, normally traffic sounds all blend together for me, but yesterday i actually heard the WOOOOOSSSH sound of cars passing by, trucks being even louder lol.
My son who just turned 5 was happy too, he is used to tapping me to get my attention, well at the office he was behind me he said something..what i'm not sure, I turned around and smiled at him and he said "You hear(ed) me!" I replied its heard not hear(ed) and yes i heard u but what is it that you said?" He just beamed at me :) He kinda understands that that i don't yet understand what it is I hear but that i'm starting to react to noises now. Man aren't kids the greatest?!! :) So of course he's been "testing" me off and on lol.
~Donna~
Friday, October 17, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
HI! Welcome :)
Hello :) Welcome to my blog.
This is very new to me lol, but decided to give it a try. So here goes....
My name is Donna, I have been deaf since i was about 5 months old due to spinal meningitis, got by fine with hearing aids most of my life, but recently got implanted with a cochlear implant and just got it turned on the 7th of Oct. This is a very trying time for me lol. I got implanted in the ear I was completely deaf in since the meningitis so right now the implant is basically stimulating the nerves and waking them up....its loud, buzzing and annoying! But in time I hope to hear well with it minus the buzzing lol.
I have not really learned any sign language growing up and am recently really interested in learning ASL, I didn't grow up in a deaf community, only met a few deaf people in my life, so I guess i had no need back then to learn ASL. Besides my mom was told when i was a little girl that for me to learn ASL i would not rely on my hearing aids and wouldn't get the most out of it. Back then some deaf people in the hearing society weren't really "allow" (lack of a better word) to be deaf, they had to function like a normal hearing person as best as they can. I do not agree with this, my mom doesn't now either. But she was for a long time a single mom raising me as best as she could, she is my hero and taught me the more vital and important things in life that I am now trying hard to pass on to my children. I actually enjoy being deaf :D and I know my kids do at times too lol!
Ok enough for now, just wanted to get a lil thing started and see where this goes :)
This is very new to me lol, but decided to give it a try. So here goes....
My name is Donna, I have been deaf since i was about 5 months old due to spinal meningitis, got by fine with hearing aids most of my life, but recently got implanted with a cochlear implant and just got it turned on the 7th of Oct. This is a very trying time for me lol. I got implanted in the ear I was completely deaf in since the meningitis so right now the implant is basically stimulating the nerves and waking them up....its loud, buzzing and annoying! But in time I hope to hear well with it minus the buzzing lol.
I have not really learned any sign language growing up and am recently really interested in learning ASL, I didn't grow up in a deaf community, only met a few deaf people in my life, so I guess i had no need back then to learn ASL. Besides my mom was told when i was a little girl that for me to learn ASL i would not rely on my hearing aids and wouldn't get the most out of it. Back then some deaf people in the hearing society weren't really "allow" (lack of a better word) to be deaf, they had to function like a normal hearing person as best as they can. I do not agree with this, my mom doesn't now either. But she was for a long time a single mom raising me as best as she could, she is my hero and taught me the more vital and important things in life that I am now trying hard to pass on to my children. I actually enjoy being deaf :D and I know my kids do at times too lol!
Ok enough for now, just wanted to get a lil thing started and see where this goes :)
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