Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Wow Ted! Great to hear! Go speaker shopping now Can you imagine several months from now? I'm just an hour or so away from leaving for the hospital for my surgery. I'm actually waiting for everyone else to wake up. > > Today has been an unbelievably good day for me. My audiologist did > presumably all the usual things and ran through all 22 electrodes and > set comfort levels and threshold levels for each one. For the > unimplanted, threshold is the lowest sound I could hear and comfort was > set at a comfortable level to listen to, all day. > > I received a series of beeps in the implanted ear, which in my case > changed to a more squealing type sound around the 14th electrode > through to 22. When these had been set and levelled out, I was switched- > on. I got the usual cartoony voice that I had read about, but > unbelievably these normalised after 2 to 3 minutes and I could actually > hold a conversation. Jane, my audi, then set up a second programme the > same as the first, but with noise suppression on. I was told that I was > speaking quieter than I usually do, so everybody else is already > getting a bonus, too :-) > > I used the second programme to drive the 75 kilometres home from the > hospital. It was nice and quiet in the car. I could hear the blinkers > blinking, something I havent heard for many years. I turned the CD > player on in my car and it was listenable, but considering that this > programme is set-up for speech, I might get a better outcome with a > specialist programme for the music frequencies. > > All in all, an excellent first day and everything fell in place very > quickly. I could have been out of the audio's office in just over an > hour, but we sat around chatting and laughing. More will be revealed. > Another switch-on or adjustment day tomorrow, then mapping for the next > 4 Thursdays, then we weill see where we need to go from there. > > My only problem at the moment is that I dont know what to tell Jane > tomorrow, to improve on :-). She is going to set up the dody worn > processor as well, you get the two. They also gave me an elecric > humidifier/drier thingy to keep the processor in at night. I was told > that I dont particularly need to take the batteries out, but I probably > will. > > Ted F. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Ted, Congratulations, sounds like a great first day. Activation day is so exciting, I love to read about them. Binns ----Original Message Follows---- From: " Ted F. " <ted.fletcher@...> Reply- Subject: I'm " Switched On " :-) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:29:50 -0000 Today has been an unbelievably good day for me. My audiologist did presumably all the usual things and ran through all 22 electrodes and set comfort levels and threshold levels for each one. For the unimplanted, threshold is the lowest sound I could hear and comfort was set at a comfortable level to listen to, all day. I received a series of beeps in the implanted ear, which in my case changed to a more squealing type sound around the 14th electrode through to 22. When these had been set and levelled out, I was switched- on. I got the usual cartoony voice that I had read about, but unbelievably these normalised after 2 to 3 minutes and I could actually hold a conversation. Jane, my audi, then set up a second programme the same as the first, but with noise suppression on. I was told that I was speaking quieter than I usually do, so everybody else is already getting a bonus, too :-) I used the second programme to drive the 75 kilometres home from the hospital. It was nice and quiet in the car. I could hear the blinkers blinking, something I havent heard for many years. I turned the CD player on in my car and it was listenable, but considering that this programme is set-up for speech, I might get a better outcome with a specialist programme for the music frequencies. All in all, an excellent first day and everything fell in place very quickly. I could have been out of the audio's office in just over an hour, but we sat around chatting and laughing. More will be revealed. Another switch-on or adjustment day tomorrow, then mapping for the next 4 Thursdays, then we weill see where we need to go from there. My only problem at the moment is that I dont know what to tell Jane tomorrow, to improve on :-). She is going to set up the dody worn processor as well, you get the two. They also gave me an elecric humidifier/drier thingy to keep the processor in at night. I was told that I dont particularly need to take the batteries out, but I probably will. Ted F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Thanks, . My son has 2 speakers and an amplifier for me, so I'll give those a try first and see how I go. I might just need to get something for my computer, possibly the Klipsch set-up. Good luck with your surgery, its a piece of cake. They really know what they are doing. Ted F. > > > > Today has been an unbelievably good day for me. My audiologist > > did presumably all the usual things and ran through all 22 > > electrodes and set comfort levels and threshold levels for each one. For the > > unimplanted, threshold is the lowest sound I could hear and comfort was > > set at a comfortable level to listen to, all day. > > > > I received a series of beeps in the implanted ear, which in my case > > changed to a more squealing type sound around the 14th electrode > > through to 22. When these had been set and levelled out, I was switched- > > on. I got the usual cartoony voice that I had read about, but > > unbelievably these normalised after 2 to 3 minutes and I could actually > > hold a conversation. Jane, my audi, then set up a second programme the > > same as the first, but with noise suppression on. I was told that I was > > speaking quieter than I usually do, so everybody else is already > > getting a bonus, too :-) > > > > I used the second programme to drive the 75 kilometres home from the > > hospital. It was nice and quiet in the car. I could hear the blinkers > > blinking, something I havent heard for many years. I turned the CD > > player on in my car and it was listenable, but considering that this > > programme is set-up for speech, I might get a better outcome with a > > specialist programme for the music frequencies. > > > > All in all, an excellent first day and everything fell in place very > > quickly. I could have been out of the audio's office in just over an > > hour, but we sat around chatting and laughing. More will be revealed. > > Another switch-on or adjustment day tomorrow, then mapping for the next > > 4 Thursdays, then we weill see where we need to go from there. > > > > My only problem at the moment is that I dont know what to tell Jane > > tomorrow, to improve on :-). She is going to set up the dody worn > > processor as well, you get the two. They also gave me an elecric > > humidifier/drier thingy to keep the processor in at night. I was told > > that I dont particularly need to take the batteries out, but I probably > > will. > > > > Ted F. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Thanks, . I cant tell you how happy I was to hear 2 beeps in the implanted ear :-) Ted F. > > Ted, > Congratulations, sounds like a great first day. Activation day is > so exciting, I love to read about them. > > Binns > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: " Ted F. " <ted.fletcher@...> > Reply- > > Subject: I'm " Switched On " :-) > Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:29:50 -0000 > > Today has been an unbelievably good day for me. My audiologist did > presumably all the usual things and ran through all 22 electrodes and > set comfort levels and threshold levels for each one. For the > unimplanted, threshold is the lowest sound I could hear and comfort was > set at a comfortable level to listen to, all day. > > I received a series of beeps in the implanted ear, which in my case > changed to a more squealing type sound around the 14th electrode > through to 22. When these had been set and levelled out, I was switched- > on. I got the usual cartoony voice that I had read about, but > unbelievably these normalised after 2 to 3 minutes and I could actually > hold a conversation. Jane, my audi, then set up a second programme the > same as the first, but with noise suppression on. I was told that I was > speaking quieter than I usually do, so everybody else is already > getting a bonus, too :-) > > I used the second programme to drive the 75 kilometres home from the > hospital. It was nice and quiet in the car. I could hear the blinkers > blinking, something I havent heard for many years. I turned the CD > player on in my car and it was listenable, but considering that this > programme is set-up for speech, I might get a better outcome with a > specialist programme for the music frequencies. > > All in all, an excellent first day and everything fell in place very > quickly. I could have been out of the audio's office in just over an > hour, but we sat around chatting and laughing. More will be revealed. > Another switch-on or adjustment day tomorrow, then mapping for the next > 4 Thursdays, then we weill see where we need to go from there. > > My only problem at the moment is that I dont know what to tell Jane > tomorrow, to improve on :-). She is going to set up the dody worn > processor as well, you get the two. They also gave me an elecric > humidifier/drier thingy to keep the processor in at night. I was told > that I dont particularly need to take the batteries out, but I probably > will. > > Ted F. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 , Hope your surgery went well. You are on your way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Thanks for sharing your experience with us Ted. It sounded a truly amazing day after so many years of not hearing! How are you going today? Please keep us informed with new developments. _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Ted F. Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 5:30 PM Subject: I'm " Switched On " :-) Today has been an unbelievably good day for me. My audiologist did presumably all the usual things and ran through all 22 electrodes and set comfort levels and threshold levels for each one. For the unimplanted, threshold is the lowest sound I could hear and comfort was set at a comfortable level to listen to, all day. I received a series of beeps in the implanted ear, which in my case changed to a more squealing type sound around the 14th electrode through to 22. When these had been set and levelled out, I was switched- on. I got the usual cartoony voice that I had read about, but unbelievably these normalised after 2 to 3 minutes and I could actually hold a conversation. Jane, my audi, then set up a second programme the same as the first, but with noise suppression on. I was told that I was speaking quieter than I usually do, so everybody else is already getting a bonus, too :-) I used the second programme to drive the 75 kilometres home from the hospital. It was nice and quiet in the car. I could hear the blinkers blinking, something I havent heard for many years. I turned the CD player on in my car and it was listenable, but considering that this programme is set-up for speech, I might get a better outcome with a specialist programme for the music frequencies. All in all, an excellent first day and everything fell in place very quickly. I could have been out of the audio's office in just over an hour, but we sat around chatting and laughing. More will be revealed. Another switch-on or adjustment day tomorrow, then mapping for the next 4 Thursdays, then we weill see where we need to go from there. My only problem at the moment is that I dont know what to tell Jane tomorrow, to improve on :-). She is going to set up the dody worn processor as well, you get the two. They also gave me an elecric humidifier/drier thingy to keep the processor in at night. I was told that I dont particularly need to take the batteries out, but I probably will. Ted F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Welcome back to the hearing world, Ted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Hello I just wrote about todays tweak, in a reply to Virg. I know now, that even though I was wearing two power aids until three weeks ago, I wasn't hearing much. Ted F. > > Thanks for sharing your experience with us Ted. It sounded a truly > amazing day after so many years of not hearing! How are you going > today? Please keep us informed with new developments. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 > > Welcome back to the hearing world, Ted. > > Thanks, . Ted F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hi Thank you, yes it did go well. I'm just relaxing and trying not to let the oozing serum freak me out. I'd say I'm healing pretty well though as I'm not really feeling any pain around the incision..most of my pain comes from the body aches. All the effects I had from the pain to the tinnitus are pretty much improved just over a day and a half later. > > , > Hope your surgery went well. You are on your way! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 , You are on the other side of surgery and each day will be better than the day before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hello I'm glad it went well. I am still amazed that that part was so painless. The painful part for me, was waiting the 3 weeks til switch- on. But it was well worth the wait. The excitement built up over the 3 weeks, but I was very nervous on the actual activation day, as the moment of truth arrived. Fingers crossed for you. Ted F. > > > > , > > Hope your surgery went well. You are on your way! > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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