tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30578699557986295422009-10-01T04:28:47.142-04:00Adventures of a deaf mom with her newly implanted CIDbergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418484899587934609noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869955798629542.post-39319010873043084932009-03-18T11:15:00.002-04:002009-03-18T11:29:06.130-04:00

Hi all :) Well went to my Audiologist the other day and heard some great news!!! She told me that i detect and hear sounds at the same range as normal hearing people do! I still rely heavy on lipreading (and probably will always have to) but finally the sounds that i hear coming out peoples mouths arent sounds, but words and i can even catch a few here and there without lipreading :) Well i

Dbergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418484899587934609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869955798629542.post-40444706157047979762009-02-26T13:47:00.002-05:002009-02-26T13:51:56.898-05:00

Hi, its been awhile (again hehe)Well things sure are looking great for me :)...listening to alot more music, even learning songs i didnt know before! Also I play World of Warcraft a lot and lately I have been hopping on Ventrillo (where u can talk to other ppl via mic and headset) and although i dont usually understand everything that is being said in vent i have been able to hear some words and

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Hi, I'm really bad at keeping things up-to-date :PAnyhow...this training with my CI is a long road but sure does have its rewards :)I'm hearing environmental sounds i have never heard b4, dogs nails clicking on hallway floor and I'm like 10 feet from her!, water dripping in pipes (don't care for that lol), rain falling :) beautiful sound! And so much more....but...my latest is I'm now listening

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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

Dbergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418484899587934609noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057869955798629542.post-56798785118481426472008-10-13T12:41:00.003-04:002008-10-13T12:44:42.474-04:00

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

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