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Say It in CI

A Dictionary of Mapping Terms for Cochlear Implant Users

Following is a list of words that people with cochlear implants have

used

to describe the quality of sound during or after mapping sessions. The

terms also may relate to sounds users have experienced that may

indicate a

problem with equipment (i.e., a processor cord). Note that how one

individual perceives a sound may not be the same as another person

might,

thus words on this list could mean entirely different things to

different

people. When choosing a term(s) to describe your listening experience,

be

prepared to explain it in more detail to your audiologist.

Bang

Barking

Bass

Beeping

Blaring

Blunted

Blurred

Booming

Bottom of a Barrel/Well

Breathy

Buzzy

Cartoonish

Chimes

Chipmunk

Chirpy

Chopped Up

Clangy

Clashy

Clear

Clicking

Clinking

Clipping

Compressed

Cottony

Crackling

Crinkling

Crisp

Cut Off

Cutting Out

Cymbals

Damped

Disembodied

Distorted

Droning

Ducks Quacking

Ducks Underwater

Dulled

Echoing/Echoey

Electronic

Fading

Far Away

Flat

Flour-y

Fluctuating

Fog Horn

Frog in Throat

Fuzzy

Fuzzy on the Edges

Garbled

Gargling/Gargly

Grating

Gravelly

Growly

Gurgling

Harsh

Helium

Hissy/ " essi " (too much, or not enough " s " )

Hoarse

Hollow

Indistinct

Intermittent

Jumping Out

Layered

Mechanical

Metallic

Metal Pipe

Microphonish

Motorboating

Muffled

Multiple Voices

Murky

Mushy

Muted

Nasal

Off the Station (radio out of tune)

Ooooom

Out of Focus

Out There (Voices sound disconnected from bodies)

Piss-y ( " P " sounds)

Pitch

Quacking

Raspy

Resonant

Resonating

Reverberating

Roaring

Robotic

Rough

Rumbling

Screechy

Shadow Voices

Sharp

Shrill

Sibilant (too hissy)

Signal to Noise Ratio

Snap

Soft

Solid

Spongy

Squashed

Squawky

Squeal

Squeezed

Static/Police Radio-like

Tapping

Thin

Throaty

Tinkley

Tinny

Tunnel-Like/Metal Tunnel

Tweety

Underwater

Vibrating

Warbling

Whiny

Whispery

Whistling

White Noise

Zipper-y

Contributions of terminology were made by adult cochlear implant users

on

the CI Forum and Nucleus Forum and compiled by Camille . This

list

may be reprinted for further distribution.

July 2, 2001

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Hi ,

Say It In CI is a listing of words CI users commonly use to describe what

they hear with their CI(s). Please see below for more information.

Say It in CI

A Dictionary of Mapping Terms for Cochlear Implant Users

Following is a list of words that people with cochlear implants have

used

to describe the quality of sound during or after mapping sessions. The

terms also may relate to sounds users have experienced that may

indicate a

problem with equipment (i.e., a processor cord). Note that how one

individual perceives a sound may not be the same as another person

might,

thus words on this list could mean entirely different things to

different

people. When choosing a term(s) to describe your listening experience,

be

prepared to explain it in more detail to your audiologist.

Bang

Barking

Bass

Beeping

Blaring

Blunted

Blurred

Booming

Bottom of a Barrel/Well

Breathy

Buzzy

Cartoonish

Chimes

Chipmunk

Chirpy

Chopped Up

Clangy

Clashy

Clear

Clicking

Clinking

Clipping

Compressed

Cottony

Crackling

Crinkling

Crisp

Cut Off

Cutting Out

Cymbals

Damped

Disembodied

Distorted

Droning

Ducks Quacking

Ducks Underwater

Dulled

Echoing/Echoey

Electronic

Fading

Far Away

Flat

Flour-y

Fluctuating

Fog Horn

Frog in Throat

Fuzzy

Fuzzy on the Edges

Garbled

Gargling/Gargly

Grating

Gravelly

Growly

Gurgling

Harsh

Helium

Hissy/ " essi " (too much, or not enough " s " )

Hoarse

Hollow

Indistinct

Intermittent

Jumping Out

Layered

Mechanical

Metallic

Metal Pipe

Microphonish

Motorboating

Muffled

Multiple Voices

Murky

Mushy

Muted

Nasal

Off the Station (radio out of tune)

Ooooom

Out of Focus

Out There (Voices sound disconnected from bodies)

Piss-y ( " P " sounds)

Pitch

Quacking

Raspy

Resonant

Resonating

Reverberating

Roaring

Robotic

Rough

Rumbling

Screechy

Shadow Voices

Sharp

Shrill

Sibilant (too hissy)

Signal to Noise Ratio

Snap

Soft

Solid

Spongy

Squashed

Squawky

Squeal

Squeezed

Static/Police Radio-like

Tapping

Thin

Throaty

Tinkley

Tinny

Tunnel-Like/Metal Tunnel

Tweety

Underwater

Vibrating

Warbling

Whiny

Whispery

Whistling

White Noise

Zipper-y

Contributions of terminology were made by adult cochlear implant users

on

the CI Forum and Nucleus Forum and compiled by Camille . This

list

may be reprinted for further distribution.

July 2, 2001

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Hi , I am new to this group-had my hook-up 18th and they have set it low

all I am hearing is the beeps but it will get better as time goes on.

CI mean Cochlear Implant-I have been trying to learn the terms they used. Ruth

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