Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Dale, Thanks so much for sharing your experience as a " guinea pig " ! I would love to do something like that, one day. Yes you were very lucky to have such nearly immediate success! I have a lot of wonderful moments, I've lost count in fact. But I certainly did not respond quite that fast, and I still tolerate musical inadequacies...although I love to listen to music in spite of knowing how " off " some things sound. Deb --- Dale Darwin <sr171soars@...> wrote: > Deb, > > Yes, it was. I kind of enjoyed trying to " guess " > the different setting and seeing what worked for me. > Basically, it went for six months with many visits > during that time (technically it wasn't over after I > reached one year). Not knowing exactly which > setting was which is the only thing that drove me > crazy. I did guess the autosensitivity one fairly > quickly but the others weren't so obvious. I did > find ADRO my favorite rather quickly as well but I > didn't know what was its name until later (believe > it or not it wasn't until my one year appt that I > got all the program names from them). I believe > they did make me go with different speeds and I do > remember some awful maps that I just didn't like. > Fortunately, I had fairly frequent mappings so I > didn't suffer too long! > > They had me do lots of word and sentence tests > which weren't easy for me at first. This was mainly > for the fact my hearing had gotten to the point > (prior to the CI) where I had no longer trusted what > I heard if I wasn't paying attention. Talk about a > transition with the CI where you could trust and > depend on your hearing (probably for the first time > in my life). That has probably been the greatest > benefit for me...to be able to respond in kind and > quickly without confusion or doubts over what was > said. Before with my HA, you got tired of asking > people " Excuse me but I didn't catch that... " bit. > Nowadays, I seldom have to ask for a repeat and that > is soooo nice! > > On a side not, the biggest surprise for me was > music. I was listening to all of my favorites and > more that first week and no problems. In fact, I > purposely listened to music from day two on to > " train " my brain to get used to the CI input. I > must of been one of the fortunate ones where speech, > music and the environmental sounds all sounded good > pretty much by the end of the first week. > > Dale > > Deborah H <gypsyheart1963@...> wrote: > You're welcome! And don't panic too much when you > hear > weird or startling sounds. Most are from " normal " > activities, although I thought the sky was falling a > few times until I got used to some sounds LOL > > Deb > > Dale...it must've been so interesting being a part > of > the freedom trials! > > > > --- " Ted F. " <ted.fletcher@...> wrote: > > > Thanks for the input and tips, Deb. What drives me > > crazy, is just how > > quiet the audiometrists offices are. They adjust > my > > hearing aids and > > they sound fine in there, but when i get outside, > > they sound > > inadequate. The audi would be a fool to trust me > > with a volume > > control on the first day :-) > > > > I'm starting to think that when they turn me on, > > that its going to be > > noisy, like I experienced with my first set of > > hearing aids. We had a > > cat at the time and she used to scratch the > > flyscreen on the windows > > to be let in and I had never heard this before, I > > nearly sh*t > > myself :-) > > > > Ted F. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ted, > > > > > > I see it was suggested that you turn the volume > > down > > > on the CI if the sound while driving yourself > home > > is > > > driving you mad. Be aware that you may or may > not > > have > > > control of the volume at activation. My audie > gave > > me > > > control of the sensitivity not the volume, > because > > she > > > knew from experience (and in my case she was > > right) > > > that if the newly activated has total control > over > > the > > > volume the first day they WILL turn it down and > > it's > > > important to do the best you can to leave the > > audie's > > > office with a volume you feel you can tolerate > > > (bearing in mind that the world outside that > room > > is > > > noisier) and try to take it in and give > yourself > > a > > > chance to get used to it. > > > > > > Deb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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