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Pek1, I think we'll have to agree to disagree here, and if you want to discuss why, I'd be glad to in PM, but don't want to derail this thread. Sorry for going off-topic, Drew's Dad.

Isn't that amazing? And thank goodness he has the CI's to fall back on in case Ushers takes his sight. I have a friend from college, Liz Stone, who got a CI for that very reason. I believe her brother also has Ushers and received a CI as well. I missed the race (was out working) and was just...

Its still there YouTube - ASLCI

I had a kind of "CI" moment yesterday. I went to a new hair salon to get my hair cut. Of course I have to remove my CI, and I realized that I could not, for the life of me, lipread one WORD from my hairdresser. She did NOT move her lips at all. She might as well have had her hand over her mouth...

congrats!

Interesting. I have trouble with the higher pitches, and intentionally have the 18th to 21'st electrodes on my Freedom turned off for that reason - it makes everybody sound like Mickey Mouse with them turned on. My niece has a VERY high pitched voice and I can't understand her when she speaks...

How neat! I've seen some people using butterflies and flowers on the transmitter coil of CI's on little girls and they look so cute. This is a fun idea as well.

Its too bad Raychelle closed her blog and doesn't appear to be b/vlogging anymore. I really enjoyed viewing her vlogs!

absolutely fantastic video!!!

Agreed -I asked my audie at my most recent remapping last month if he thought the rechargeable batteries were a good idea and he said that I'd probably only get 12 hours out of one. Not worth it to me to have to continuously swap out the battery packs. As for price - I put a little $ away in...

I pay for batteries out of my own pocket, but I feel its a small price to pay for being able to hear again. I get the 300 pack from Cochlear for $190 and that lasts me about 7 months, as I go through 3 batteries every 2 days with my Freedom. I'm hoping they might come out with a longer-lasting...

The movie itself was alright, but I feel they neglected an important aspect by not including the son in the decision making. At the age of 8, he should be able to give some input. I'm glad they ended it the way they did, as I was thinking throughout the movie that regardless whether the boy...

Oh I get a kick out of catching what the captions don't say. I hadn't realized until I got my CI that in many cases the captions are a "condensed" version of what is really being said! This is particularly true when they decide to caption old movies.

Nobody says the CI was responsible for the achievement of the young man, but I can speak from experience that a CI makes being in a learning environment much easier and more stress-free. The constant game of "playing catch up" wears you down, because you can either try to pay attention to your...

I would agree with you. Prior to going deaf, there was *always* music playing in my house, and several members of my extended family, and many family friends were in bands.

Not only that - once I've "learned" a song, I can automatically recognize it once it starts playing, even if its someplace that I don't expect it - Just last week, I heard Nickelback's "Far Away" playing in the supermarket. I normally never recognize the songs on the PA system.

I love listening to music but like sr17soars said, word discrimination is hard. I find that I need to teach myself the songs first, or play them online with the lyrics up so that I can read them. Once I learn them I can fully *immerse* myself in the song. Occasionally I'll come across a singer...

If it's any consolation, the meningitis risk was because people weren't getting vaccinated prior to surgery. I don't believe the risk is there now because vaccinations are standard policy as far as I know. I had to get mine before my implant. I experienced numbness in my ear, and partial loss of...

Wow!! I didn't realize they can now activate so soon after surgery.That's amazing!

Congratulations!!!!!!!