learning a new language with ci

[Guest guest]

lee

yes i feel as if i have been learning a new language.... all my life i never

heard the consonants , even with the most powerful hearing aids, sounds

like:m h, , n, s , st, etc. i could hear only the vowels of words and used

lipreading to give me info about the consonants like s and f and th etc.

now with the ci, it s so weird to hear the hi freq sounds in the english

language i never heard before. its like what is all that air for when people

say " s " or " shh " . in my head english hadsounded one way to me, mostly vowel

sounds. then after the ci a few months ago, i had to change what normal

english language sounded like in my head. but it hasnt been too hard an

adjustment because i knew those sounds were supposed to be there . but having

to get

used to this now.

i guess all of you prelinguals know what im talking about here. at least i

hope it makes sense. its awesome how well the brain adjusts and how the ci

is...

joni

prelingual

[Guest guest]

Joni,

That is funny. Now people are telling me I am saying the words much

more pronounced. Gosh I didn't realize I was that bad. LOL

The CI is the second best things that ever happened to me. Having my

family is first. )

Tad

> lee

>

> yes i feel as if i have been learning a new language.... all my

life i never

> heard the consonants , even with the most powerful hearing aids,

sounds

> like:m h, , n, s , st, etc. i could hear only the vowels of

words and used

> lipreading to give me info about the consonants like s and f and

th etc.

>

> now with the ci, it s so weird to hear the hi freq sounds in the

english

> language i never heard before. its like what is all that air for

when people

> say " s " or " shh " . in my head english hadsounded one way to me,

mostly vowel

> sounds. then after the ci a few months ago, i had to change what

normal

> english language sounded like in my head. but it hasnt been too

hard an

> adjustment because i knew those sounds were supposed to be

there . but having to get

> used to this now.

>

> i guess all of you prelinguals know what im talking about here. at

least i

> hope it makes sense. its awesome how well the brain adjusts and

how the ci

> is...

>

> joni

> prelingual

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/24/2004 3:21:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

abcardsinc@... writes:

I could always 'hear' those high frequency sounds in my 'head.' But now?

It's a

little odd...

not odd, high frequency has ways to get to your head even though it is very

extreamly soft. This is why when high frequency sounds are heard, it

" drowns " the lower frequencies, therefore you can't hear as well when talking to

someone.

You have heard of dogs and other animals having abilities to hear high

pitches when human can't.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Oh absolutely! While I was in the process of losing my high frequency

hearing, I would fill in those 's'ounds where I knew they should be. When I saw

running water I thought I could hear it....until I turned my back. That is one

of the reasons why we don't really know how little we hear until we are hooked

up and hear it all!

In a message dated 8/24/2004 6:20:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,

abcardsinc@... writes:

Would it be appropriate to say, we are completing the puzzle? The vowel

peices were mostly there and now being filled in with high frequency

sounds

[Guest guest]

I could always 'hear' those high frequency sounds in my 'head.' But now? It's a

little odd...

Would it be appropriate to say, we are completing the puzzle? The vowel

peices were mostly there and now being filled in with high frequency

sounds...

> lee

>

> yes i feel as if i have been learning a new language.... all my life i never

> heard the consonants , even with the most powerful hearing aids, sounds

> like:m h, , n, s , st, etc. i could hear only the vowels of words and

used

> lipreading to give me info about the consonants like s and f and th etc.

>

> now with the ci, it s so weird to hear the hi freq sounds in the english

> language i never heard before. its like what is all that air for when people

> say " s " or " shh " . in my head english hadsounded one way to me, mostly

vowel

> sounds. then after the ci a few months ago, i had to change what normal

> english language sounded like in my head. but it hasnt been too hard an

> adjustment because i knew those sounds were supposed to be there . but

having to get

> used to this now.

>

> i guess all of you prelinguals know what im talking about here. at least i

> hope it makes sense. its awesome how well the brain adjusts and how the

ci

> is...

>

> joni

> prelingual

>

>

>