CI Moments - Page 8

Tousi · 10-29-2007, 05:55 PM

Since we are on a hearing sophistication binge right now, I remember the sound of pheasant wings and the rustling of the corn from whence these birds were spooked by me and took wing and this was from my hearing aid.

deafskeptic · 10-29-2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by highlands

*off topic* what model is your speech processor ? I read there are now three speech processors of MED-EL . Tempo,Opus1 and Opus2.

it is interesting to see you can hear clock ticking from far.I don't hear clock ticking .

Med-El Tempo.

Tousi · 10-29-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by deafskeptic

Med-El Tempo.

Well, some clocks are louder than others. It must be difficult for you to choose which device to go with.....

R2D2 · 10-30-2007, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by highlands

*off topic* what model is your speech processor ? I read there are now three speech processors of MED-EL . Tempo,Opus1 and Opus2.

it is interesting to see you can hear clock ticking from far.I don't hear clock ticking .

Yeah - to the point that it can be quite distracting at times. Previously, I'd only very occasionally hear a clock ticking if I was right up to the clock and it was very quiet. That's what I mean about the CI actually bringing sounds closer to me.

Audiofuzzy · 10-30-2007, 01:55 PM

Thanks for your replies

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but they now sound closer to me, if you know what I mean?

but of course

many times I do feel like some sounds are from far far away around me even if the source of the sounds is right in front of me.

Fuzzy

Audiofuzzy · 11-02-2007, 03:18 AM

Any new exciting sounds heard lately ?

Fuzzy

vallee · 11-03-2007, 09:04 AM

Here is my lastest CI moment - my daughter fell in the bathtub the other night. She yelled for mommy. I was wearing my ipod and on the computer reading alldeaf. I also heard her the first time and could run to check on her. She is okay just a little scared. The point is before my CIs I would not have heard her because she is in a different part of the house.

It is worth it to be able to hear my 9 year old yell for me. That is the only CI moment that matters. I was there to help her.

Audiofuzzy · 11-03-2007, 06:13 PM

yikes! yest it is so good you could heard her! my, what a scary moment (shudder)... I am glad your CI is proving to be so valuable and worthwhile in many ways. Also I am glad your daughter was OK.

Fuzzy

deafskeptic · 11-03-2007, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by vallee

Here is my lastest CI moment - my daughter fell in the bathtub the other night. She yelled for mommy. I was wearing my ipod and on the computer reading alldeaf. I also heard her the first time and could run to check on her. She is okay just a little scared. The point is before my CIs I would not have heard her because she is in a different part of the house.

It is worth it to be able to hear my 9 year old yell for me. That is the only CI moment that matters. I was there to help her.

It's awesome that you're able to hear your child yelling fo help. I tended to be a real mother hen around my nieces and nephews when they were toddlers because I knew I couldn't hear them call for help so I stayed close to them.

R2D2 · 11-04-2007, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by vallee

Here is my lastest CI moment - my daughter fell in the bathtub the other night. She yelled for mommy. I was wearing my ipod and on the computer reading alldeaf. I also heard her the first time and could run to check on her. She is okay just a little scared. The point is before my CIs I would not have heard her because she is in a different part of the house.

It is worth it to be able to hear my 9 year old yell for me. That is the only CI moment that matters. I was there to help her.

Wow. Glad she was okay! I think it also makes them feel reassured knowing that if they call out for help that you can hear and come running.

contradica · 11-04-2007, 03:07 PM

I had a CI moment today! I was in the kitchen making Leek soup and I was chopping up potatoes for it. I had my back turned to my mom who was in the living room. She says to me "Does this look alright?" I turned around and I told her it looks fine but add a jacket. I went back to chopping up potatoes and my mom goes, "Abbie! You just heard me!" That was my big moment today.

While I am on the subject of the kitchen, I hear things frying, oil popping, things cooking in general. I never heard frying unless it was like French fries frying, but not little thing like onions and garlic. It is so cool

Valle- Thank god your little girl is ok! I would have felt so comforted that I could hear my daughter yell for me like that. Thats a dynamite moment!

vallee · 11-04-2007, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by contradica

I had a CI moment today! I was in the kitchen making Leek soup and I was chopping up potatoes for it. I had my back turned to my mom who was in the living room. She says to me "Does this look alright?" I turned around and I told her it looks fine but add a jacket. I went back to chopping up potatoes and my mom goes, "Abbie! You just heard me!" That was my big moment today.

While I am on the subject of the kitchen, I hear things frying, oil popping, things cooking in general. I never heard frying unless it was like French fries frying, but not little thing like onions and garlic. It is so cool

Valle- Thank god your little girl is ok! I would have felt so comforted that I could hear my daughter yell for me like that. Thats a dynamite moment!

Awesome!!! Kitchen sounds are so wonderful. I love that sizzle now.

When my Jen was little she use to sleep with me since my husband worked 3rd shift, because I was so worried about hearing her. I have all the flasher stuff, but nothing matters if you can't get to them in time. I would sleep with one hearing aid on at night so I could hear her.

On the plus side, her dance routine is Footlose. So what fun it will be to hear it.

deafskeptic · 11-04-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by contradica

I had a CI moment today! I was in the kitchen making Leek soup and I was chopping up potatoes for it. I had my back turned to my mom who was in the living room. She says to me "Does this look alright?" I turned around and I told her it looks fine but add a jacket. I went back to chopping up potatoes and my mom goes, "Abbie! You just heard me!" That was my big moment today.

While I am on the subject of the kitchen, I hear things frying, oil popping, things cooking in general. I never heard frying unless it was like French fries frying, but not little thing like onions and garlic. It is so cool

Oh, yeah. It took me a while to learn what the popping and sizzling sounds were like when I fry my foods. I rarely eat fried foods but once in a blue moon I must have something fried. Last night I had fried pork chops.

Audiofuzzy · 11-05-2007, 03:45 AM

That's great, Contradica

I wonder if any CI user can hear a gas hissing out while opening a soft drink bottle?

Fuzzy

contradica · 11-05-2007, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Audiofuzzy

That's great, Contradica

I wonder if any CI user can hear a gas hissing out while opening a soft drink bottle?

Fuzzy

I heard that they can, someone left a comment on my blog going "just wait until you hear the fizz when you open up a soda." This might take me a little while because I don't drink soda

Bear · 11-05-2007, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Audiofuzzy

That's great, Contradica

I wonder if any CI user can hear a gas hissing out while opening a soft drink bottle?

Fuzzy

Actually you can Fuzzy, I hear it everytime I open my pop cans or bottles of pop. But then again, I recognize easier cause I could always hear it, even when I had the hearing aids.

The one thing, I cannot hear as of yet, that many say they can is birds and crickets and such like that. Maybe someday as I am only a year post activation.

contradica · 11-05-2007, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Bear

Actually you can Fuzzy, I hear it everytime I open my pop cans or bottles of pop. But then again, I recognize easier cause I could always hear it, even when I had the hearing aids.

The one thing, I cannot hear as of yet, that many say they can is birds and crickets and such like that. Maybe someday as I am only a year post activation.

I can hear birds but it has to be in quiet. I can hear the rustling of the leaves outside since this weekend I was spraying the perimeter of the house, the windows and doors with insect repellent. I can hear crickets but I have a music program which is the only one I can pick the crickets up on. I don't want to hear them hence the reason for the insect repellent all around the windows and doors of my house. I looked like a member of FEMA spraying that stuff.

I'm sure my neighbors were wondering what I was doing.

deafskeptic · 11-05-2007, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Audiofuzzy

That's great, Contradica

I wonder if any CI user can hear a gas hissing out while opening a soft drink bottle?

Fuzzy

I've always been able to hear gas hissing out of the soft drink bottles even with my HA when I wore them.

Saline Eyes · 11-05-2007, 07:25 PM

I've had my ci since the fall of '04 but some sounds that were distinct to me upon activation: The microwave beeping, the rustle of fall leaves, birds (aside from crows!) chirping, the purring of my kitties... It's enabled me to speak on the phone with family, something that was implausible before with ha's. I long for a second ci, though I'm holding out 'till they come out with the latest and greatest new advancement.

Tousi · 11-05-2007, 07:41 PM

Contradicta said: While I am on the subject of the kitchen, I hear things frying, oil popping, things cooking in general. I never heard frying unless it was like French fries frying, but not little thing like onions and garlic. It is so cool.

That is a cool moment in that this will help you regulate the heat on the stove for the frying, sauteing, etc of certain foods. And if you have tacos on a regular basis like we do wherein we heat up corn tortillas in oil, this heat regulation will come in handy.

contradica · 11-05-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

That is a cool moment in that this will help you regulate the heat on the stove for the frying, sauteing, etc of certain foods. And if you have tacos on a regular basis like we do wherein we heat up corn tortillas in oil, this heat regulation will come in handy.

Sure does!! I was always burning my garlic in olive oil lol!!

R2D2 · 11-05-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by contradica

I can hear birds but it has to be in quiet. I can hear the rustling of the leaves outside since this weekend I was spraying the perimeter of the house, the windows and doors with insect repellent. I can hear crickets but I have a music program which is the only one I can pick the crickets up on. I don't want to hear them hence the reason for the insect repellent all around the windows and doors of my house. I looked like a member of FEMA spraying that stuff.

I'm sure my neighbors were wondering what I was doing.

That's interesting about the comments about birds - I seem to remember Boult saying he couldn't hear them either but not 100% sure on that. They seem quite loud to me and I can hear them singing outside from inside the house. LOL about hating the sound of crickets. I hear cicadas more often here which is a similar sound and I love it. Maybe it's a quirk of our programs?

R2D2 · 11-05-2007, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by deafskeptic

I've always been able to hear gas hissing out of the soft drink bottles even with my HA when I wore them.

Same here. I could hear that sound with hearing aids and can do so with CIs.

Audiofuzzy · 11-06-2007, 03:14 AM

Cool! with my hearing aids I can barely hear fizzing gas unless I have volume set on very loud - but normally I can not have it so loud.
As for birds- I can hear crows, woodpecker, that's about that, lol.
I wonder what could I have been able to hear if I was CI-ed.... mmmmm...

Fuzzy

11-02-2007, 03:18 AM	#216 (permalink)
Audiofuzzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,969	Any new exciting sounds heard lately ? Fuzzy __________________ Truth breeds hatred. ~Bias of Priene, Maxims A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Mohandas Gandhi

11-03-2007, 09:04 AM	#217 (permalink)
vallee Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 881	Here is my lastest CI moment - my daughter fell in the bathtub the other night. She yelled for mommy. I was wearing my ipod and on the computer reading alldeaf. I also heard her the first time and could run to check on her. She is okay just a little scared. The point is before my CIs I would not have heard her because she is in a different part of the house. It is worth it to be able to hear my 9 year old yell for me. That is the only CI moment that matters. I was there to help her. __________________ Right and Left Implanted July 19, 2007 Activated August 9, 2007 Both Advanced Bionics Harmony http://talesfromacigal.blogspot.com/

11-03-2007, 06:13 PM	#218 (permalink)
Audiofuzzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,969	yikes! yest it is so good you could heard her! my, what a scary moment (shudder)... I am glad your CI is proving to be so valuable and worthwhile in many ways. Also I am glad your daughter was OK. Fuzzy __________________ Truth breeds hatred. ~Bias of Priene, Maxims A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Mohandas Gandhi

11-04-2007, 03:07 PM	#221 (permalink)
contradica Contradica Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 358	I had a CI moment today! I was in the kitchen making Leek soup and I was chopping up potatoes for it. I had my back turned to my mom who was in the living room. She says to me "Does this look alright?" I turned around and I told her it looks fine but add a jacket. I went back to chopping up potatoes and my mom goes, "Abbie! You just heard me!" That was my big moment today. While I am on the subject of the kitchen, I hear things frying, oil popping, things cooking in general. I never heard frying unless it was like French fries frying, but not little thing like onions and garlic. It is so cool Valle- Thank god your little girl is ok! I would have felt so comforted that I could hear my daughter yell for me like that. Thats a dynamite moment! __________________ When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. 8.27.07 -Left ear implanted with HiRes90k 9.17.07 -Activated with Harmony 120! http://contradica.blogspot.com

11-05-2007, 03:45 AM	#224 (permalink)
Audiofuzzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,969	That's great, Contradica I wonder if any CI user can hear a gas hissing out while opening a soft drink bottle? Fuzzy __________________ Truth breeds hatred. ~Bias of Priene, Maxims A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Mohandas Gandhi

10-29-2007, 05:55 PM	#211 (permalink)
Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,764	Since we are on a hearing sophistication binge right now, I remember the sound of pheasant wings and the rustling of the corn from whence these birds were spooked by me and took wing and this was from my hearing aid.

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11-05-2007, 07:25 PM	#229 (permalink)
Saline Eyes Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 330	I've had my ci since the fall of '04 but some sounds that were distinct to me upon activation: The microwave beeping, the rustle of fall leaves, birds (aside from crows!) chirping, the purring of my kitties... It's enabled me to speak on the phone with family, something that was implausible before with ha's. I long for a second ci, though I'm holding out 'till they come out with the latest and greatest new advancement.

11-05-2007, 07:41 PM	#230 (permalink)
Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,764	Contradicta said: While I am on the subject of the kitchen, I hear things frying, oil popping, things cooking in general. I never heard frying unless it was like French fries frying, but not little thing like onions and garlic. It is so cool. That is a cool moment in that this will help you regulate the heat on the stove for the frying, sauteing, etc of certain foods. And if you have tacos on a regular basis like we do wherein we heat up corn tortillas in oil, this heat regulation will come in handy.

11-06-2007, 03:14 AM	#234 (permalink)
Audiofuzzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,969	Cool! with my hearing aids I can barely hear fizzing gas unless I have volume set on very loud - but normally I can not have it so loud. As for birds- I can hear crows, woodpecker, that's about that, lol. I wonder what could I have been able to hear if I was CI-ed.... mmmmm... Fuzzy __________________ Truth breeds hatred. ~Bias of Priene, Maxims A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Mohandas Gandhi

11-06-2007, 10:08 AM	#235 (permalink)
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