Guest guest Posted December 6, 1999 Report Share Posted December 6, 1999 Hi Crew I thought I would chip in about my ABI, which I have had now for 9 months. What do I hear, I hear a Hmmmmmmm. If you say strawberry I hear HmmHmmHm, Can I follow what people say, no, If they are behind me and speak, I may know there speaking cause I hear Hmmm, but I have to LIP READ to understand them, When my partner speaks to me, I lip read her and I can hear what she says, when she turns away or covers her mouth, I can hear HmmHmmmHmmmhmm. I can't watch TV without caption, I sometimes can tell when the caption doesn't follow what the person say's or even catch an accent, but this is by lip reading. IN meetings I am lost. unless I have a lip reader or communications support of some type, unless there is only one speaker at a time, and I can see that speaker clearly, and they speak slowly,and clearly. I can hear the phone ring by it's rhythm Hmmmm Hmmmm HmmmmHmmmm. I can hear my answerphone cut in and the message I am saying ( cause I know what it is) then the person leaves a message - HmmmHmmm HmmHmmHmmmmmmHmmmmm. (I haven't a clue what's being said) until someone relays the message to me by lip speaking. Outside in a noisy environment I just hear a long HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, no discrimination between sounds at all. Having said that, I am learning to tell what sounds are like, I can tell the phone, I can tell music from speech, I can't pick up new tunes, but if I hear a song I remember from when I had ears, and someone tells me what it is, then I can pick it up and sing along, If I can lip read the singer off the TV then I can sing along also, but a new tune is not possible to pick up. at the moment. I can hear a bird sing, I don't recognise all birds of course, but I hear a noise ask what it is, then try to remember that noise next time I hear it. The ABI is very useful in that it is an aid to lip speaking, and it makes me much more relaxed when I am listening and lip reading. Before the last op and ABI I wore a strong hearing aid and I don't think I heard as much with the AID as I do with the ABI, but what I did hear with the AID I recognised, I could identify words with the Aid, I wear the ABI all the wakening hours, compared to hearing it is s**t, compared to deafness it is great. My thoughts Alan.Gordon.Manchester.UK (alan.gordon@...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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