I'm pretty excited about this so I thought I'd share. It may not seem like such a big deal but to me it was huge.
I went in for my third mapping (About a few weeks after activation). After the mapping was done my audiologist did a little testing. One of the things she did was she covered her mouth and said she was going to say numbers from 1 to 9 and I was to try and hear what number she's saying.
Out of maybe 15 numbers she named I got them all right except for one. When she'd say two for some reason I kept saying 6. But when she says six I get it right.
But that's a huge step for me. I haven't heard a voice in about 17 years. While it's true it was multiple choice and if I didn't know she was saying numbers I probably wouldn't have known what she was saying. But still it was so cool to just be able to do that. Just a few months ago I never would have thought I'd hear a voice at all let alone be able to tell the difference between words or numbers that are spoken.
One more thing I noticed that's pretty neat. Just outside my room is a flight of stairs. I can tell who's coming up them by the sound of their foot steps.
Just thought I'd share that. It's a great feeling.
Ron
I went in for my third mapping (About a few weeks after activation). After the mapping was done my audiologist did a little testing. One of the things she did was she covered her mouth and said she was going to say numbers from 1 to 9 and I was to try and hear what number she's saying.
Out of maybe 15 numbers she named I got them all right except for one. When she'd say two for some reason I kept saying 6. But when she says six I get it right.
But that's a huge step for me. I haven't heard a voice in about 17 years. While it's true it was multiple choice and if I didn't know she was saying numbers I probably wouldn't have known what she was saying. But still it was so cool to just be able to do that. Just a few months ago I never would have thought I'd hear a voice at all let alone be able to tell the difference between words or numbers that are spoken.
One more thing I noticed that's pretty neat. Just outside my room is a flight of stairs. I can tell who's coming up them by the sound of their foot steps.
Just thought I'd share that. It's a great feeling.
Ron