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Cool Pinky, Good luck at the switch on. It's certainly an experience to remember. By the way - what's the name of your blog as I can't see a linky to your blog so we can see your Post op scar?...

Surgery date 21th May 2009 Switched on 18th June 2009. (2 days after my birthday - great present! & easy to remember)

Hi there, I also have the spirit 3 sp and have had it for 2/3 years. It does take time getting used to it. Initially I found it hard going at first but then it starts to make sense. :| I think it's because it's more customisable than the other HA's in the market back then, cos I remember the...

:lol: Yeah - that brings back memories, I saw those lovely bounded books of the holy bible in braille taking up so much space at a friend's house. He was saying that he hopes that the E-reader books can be adapted for the blind, like your PDA, to use it to store so many books on it. Plus it...

You can take a look at my blog. I've only just been implanted and am waiting for the switch on. Once switched on - I plan to update the blog with entries of sounds heard and those not liked etc... My blog is in my signature.

:lol: Reading this thread certainly brings back memories and always carry spare batteries with me and is dotted around the place. When I wore bilateral hearing aids, especially if both HA's were brand new, they always put brand new batteries in both. And they'd die at the same time so I...

Well, the letter only came in this week (5th June 09). The activation date is on the 18th June 2009. - only two weeks to go! Just realised - just from the op to activation - just under a month, thought it would be longer 5/6 weeks. Had my post op check - all fine, even I couldn't see...

Ooops Beg your pardon... I chose the Harmony (Advanced Bionics). :P

Just out of curiosity as I know that having operations the body tends not to sleep on it until it becomes OK to sleep on it. I just had my CI op last week (21st May 09) and still can't sleep on the operated side as it's very uncomfortable at the moment. Had no need for a recliner as I could...

Ditto here too. Had mine last week and just recovered from the balance problems now. Thought I'd be a day patient as I was there at 7.30am, got called up at 10am only to find out that they had the wrong person so came back down to wait for another recall to surgery - waited till 11.10am then I...

Yeah - mine does it all the time... but not when I have hayfever strangely enough. It's quite bad this year cos of the *blimming* weather fluctuations of late, causing more plants/flowers to bloom more than normal. As overthepond says - riding horses seems to lessen the impact of Hayfever - it's...

I got a letter giving me a date for my CI op 21st May 2009 last week, and then got another letter a few days later asking me to drop by on the 14th May to choose the CI brand. I spoke to the center and they said it only takes a day or two to order it in. I thought it would take longer as I...

Sorry for the long post. Yeah, it's all too common in the UK. Schools were encouraging deaf people to speak than to sign. I remember all that BS from the 70's from 'experts' believing that all deaf children should be taught how to speak no matter how bad their hearing or lack of benefit from...

D'oh - oh yeah, the ASL 'No' sign is familiar to me, dunno why it's missed me :Oops: Yes, thanks J Clarke for confirming my brain sieve on BSL/ASL signs.

Is 'help' sign the same for both languages, closed hand with open thumb on open palm in upward motion? And also for the yes / no sign? yes - closed hand shaking up and down. No - closed hand shaking sideways. What's the ASL sign for father as I'm well acquainted with the mother sign. Is is...

I'm currently going through the CI process and passed, now I am waiting for an operation date and I'll be choosing an implant next month for the op. I dunno what you mean by the new CI tech debate, CI has been around for 20 years+, I remember first learning about it in my last few years of...

Just out of interest for those who are wearing different branded cochlear implants notice any different with the implants, i.e. one better than the other or not? And for those who've had their implant replaced with a different branded CI - has it made any difference? It's recommended that...

There should be a new thread for those posting hilarious/mortifying stories about their HA's. I really loved the one where one threw one HA out a car window once, and then watched them be run over by a transport truck...I was like 11. :laugh2: I remember one particular occasion very very...

It's quite fascinating to see how hard their jobs are. My job is hard enough already being website manager looking after photography and product lines for a retailing company. I manage a team of 4 and they all do their jobs well. It's the other people who work their way past me to discuss their...

Have no idea of when's my op, have just one more appt to choose the implant and then it's the waiting - anything up to 3/4 months. Gray's Inn road. Am not impressed with their evaluation sessions to date - they lost my file first time round and next time they wasted my time by keeping me...