lol, no. when I buy a brand new vcr then will throw out that old one.Tousi said:Starting a museum, Boult? Lol!
Gemtun said:There are some noises that annoy me such as car signal beeping, paper crackling (gives me shivers!), hearing myself peeing (I may never get used to it!) and dogs barking (man, they hurt my ears) and many more....
But nothing will ever take away my ability to hear my girls talking, crying, laughing or screaming. I hear them fighting in the bathroom right now and I am smiling because my CI allowed me to hear all sounds whether I like it or not...the world is indeed noisy and it is a blessing to be deaf sometimes!!! At least I have a choice - whether to hear or not
R2D2 said:Awww I know what you mean - the other day I heard my daughter whisper something to me. Normally I 100% lipread in those situations even with hearing aids so it was really funny to actually hear her say the words.
As for the most annoying sounds it would be the static that I have in the background since activation a week ago. The good news is that it does seem to be slowly improving.
Tousi said:R2D2, I'm gonna assume that the more you comprehend of the spoken word, the worse your lip-reading's gonna be, wouldn't you say?
Tousi said:R2D2, I'm gonna assume that the more you comprehend of the spoken word, the worse your lip-reading's gonna be, wouldn't you say?
neecy said:with CI's you end up relying less on lipreading (though you don't stop using lipreading completely) which is simply the nature of the hearing process. If you don't use something regularly like sign or lipeading you usually don't stay as proficient. My lipreading skills have gone down a bit since getting my CI activated over a year ago, but I have no regrets.
I understand everybody's perspective but try this: we have things that annoys our sight like the sun shining into our eyes, we have things that annoys our taste like the food we don't like, we have things that annoys our touch like rubbing your fingertips together when it's pruned from being too wet and we have things that annoys our nose like skunks.
Point is, there are annoying sounds, but I know the hearing people wouldn't give up their hearing when they hear you scratch a chalkboard :roll:
am I the only one who HATES her cochlear implant?
I was implanted two years ago, all expenses were paid by my insurance. for a while, I found it sooo amazing and I fell in love with classicial music. it was interesting to see how I had correctly "imagined" what the sounds would sound like.
but fast forward a year later, the novelty wore off and I began to realize that I didn't really enjoy wearing my implant. I never could get used to the background noise. I spend a LOT of time doing nothing at work, and random sounds bothered me so much. sounds like silverware clinking against eachother, the air conditioner humming, and dogs barking. and people talking? I just couldn't get used to it.
it's been several months since I last wore my implant and I don't regret getting an implant at all. my curiousity was satisified and I guess the adage "silence is golden" applies to me. I just can't imagine being hearing.
I understand everybody's perspective but try this: we have things that annoys our sight like the sun shining into our eyes, we have things that annoys our taste like the food we don't like, we have things that annoys our touch like rubbing your fingertips together when it's pruned from being too wet and we have things that annoys our nose like skunks.
Point is, there are annoying sounds, but I know the hearing people wouldn't give up their hearing when they hear you scratch a chalkboard :roll:[/QUOTE]
I used to lose my temper if anyone scratches on blackboard with a chalk... it is horrible sounds.... i cannot stand...that kinds of sounds gave me goosepimples.... now i am thankful i am now full deaf for 5 yrs now...
am I the only one who HATES her cochlear implant?
I was implanted two years ago, all expenses were paid by my insurance. for a while, I found it sooo amazing and I fell in love with classicial music. it was interesting to see how I had correctly "imagined" what the sounds would sound like.
but fast forward a year later, the novelty wore off and I began to realize that I didn't really enjoy wearing my implant. I never could get used to the background noise. I spend a LOT of time doing nothing at work, and random sounds bothered me so much. sounds like silverware clinking against eachother, the air conditioner humming, and dogs barking. and people talking? I just couldn't get used to it.
it's been several months since I last wore my implant and I don't regret getting an implant at all. my curiousity was satisified and I guess the adage "silence is golden" applies to me. I just can't imagine being hearing.
I've just been implanted with the Neptune after losing my hearing from SSHL and know what you mean. I used to wear hearing aids and found that background noise annoying with them too.
For the CI, I wish we could get some bass! More channels, sigh one day hopefully. When they turned on ClearVoice for me it significantly helped with the background noises (reducing them / sound more natural).