I'd like to know....about rehabilitation

[Guest guest]

well, I am trying to get informed as well as I can.

so I would like to hear what it is like to start your rehabilitation

after you are turned on

especially about what you can practice yourself........I have read

you have to practice stuff daily, and would like to know what exactly

and if there are things I could add to that myself without having to

depend on others (say, active listening practices.......), with

having some fun too.

so what exactly do you have to practice, and what does your

practicing partner need to do, how often do you minimally need to

practice and does it matter if you practice more often than you were

told, if so, how.

(since I have no partner (divorced) I have only my 12 year old living

with me hear, though I can ask some people to help me now and then

say once a week with practicing.....)

it is funny to already ask here all these questions without even

having an CI yet but better be prepared for what will come, eh?

will have the tests in january.

berti

[Guest guest]

I never did anything formal to practice; I just let the sounds come to me.

But I do remember having a little bit of fun and challenge when I was with 2 or

more people. One would be speaking and of course I would be lip reading as

well as trying to listen. Then I would close my eyes and see if I could

continue to understand the thread of the conversation. Works best with family

or

very close friends, wouldn't want people to think you were falling asleep in

front of them! LOL

It is also good to listen to news/weather/sports/traffic radio as often as

possible. While synthetic voice is the most difficult, you get the benefits of

being able to hear the same things over and over again and also there are so

many familiar words there.

Best of luck!

In a message dated 12/12/2006 3:02:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Berti.Peeters@... writes:

.........I have read

you have to practice stuff daily, and would like to know what exactly

and if there are things I could add to that myself without having to

depend on others (say, active listening practices.......), with

having some fun too.

[Guest guest]

Ask as many questionsas you need to do, berti. Thats the only way to

get information. As to your question, everybody is different and a

lot depends on your hearing history.

Personally, I didnt have to do any re-hab things at all, I cxould

hear right from activation. I had worn 2 hearing aids for 28 years

and I think that this was helpful, in keeping my ears stimulated and

my brain active.

Post your hearing history, if you havent already done so and we can

give you a better reply on what you might have to do yourself. If you

were born deaf, or if you went deaf gradually over many years in

later life, the requirements would probably be different.

Ted F.

>

> well, I am trying to get informed as well as I can.

> so I would like to hear what it is like to start your

rehabilitation

> after you are turned on

> especially about what you can practice yourself........I have read

> you have to practice stuff daily, and would like to know what

exactly

> and if there are things I could add to that myself without having

to

> depend on others (say, active listening practices.......), with

> having some fun too.

>

> so what exactly do you have to practice, and what does your

> practicing partner need to do, how often do you minimally need to

> practice and does it matter if you practice more often than you

were

> told, if so, how.

> (since I have no partner (divorced) I have only my 12 year old

living

> with me hear, though I can ask some people to help me now and then

> say once a week with practicing.....)

>

> it is funny to already ask here all these questions without even

> having an CI yet but better be prepared for what will come, eh?

> will have the tests in january.

>

> berti

>

[Guest guest]

Bertie the best practice that I did was listening to books on tape and it costs

absolutely nothing. I went to the library and found a book on tape and then

found the hard copy. What I did was listened to the tape at I followed along in

the book and eventually I didn't even need the book. Some people recommend

children's books but I found that the voices and music were too childlike and

that adult books were much better and had no music in the background.

My hubby used to read individual words to me also, however, I found that this

just frustrated me and as he said even hearing people sometimes have problems

with individual words.

Hope this helps.

Connie

bertipeeters <Berti.Peeters@...> wrote:

well, I am trying to get informed as well as I can.

so I would like to hear what it is like to start your rehabilitation

after you are turned on

especially about what you can practice yourself........I have read

you have to practice stuff daily, and would like to know what exactly

and if there are things I could add to that myself without having to

depend on others (say, active listening practices.......), with

having some fun too.

so what exactly do you have to practice, and what does your

practicing partner need to do, how often do you minimally need to

practice and does it matter if you practice more often than you were

told, if so, how.

(since I have no partner (divorced) I have only my 12 year old living

with me hear, though I can ask some people to help me now and then

say once a week with practicing.....)

it is funny to already ask here all these questions without even

having an CI yet but better be prepared for what will come, eh?

will have the tests in january.

berti

" The Miracle at Ohio State "

aka Nucleus Freedom

Implanted 10/04/2005

Activated 11/1/2005

Surgery: Ohio State University

Surgeon: Dr. Bradley Welling

http://internalmedicine.osu.edu/article.cfm?ID=2021

[Guest guest]

Berti,

I also didn't have family or friends who could help me on a daily basis with

listening rehabilitation. Some of the things I found helpful were to keep

the TV or radio on in the background at all times. I also got into the habit

of falling asleep to talk radio. One of the advantages of doing this is that

it allows your brain to process what it hears while you are asleep.

I also listened to websites that contained sound samples. (You can find

these on the home page.)

Like Ted, I also didn't require auditory rehabilitation (even though it was

covered by my insurance and arranged for by my audi). Since I was able to

understand speech by 2 weeks post activation, auditory rehabilitation wasn't

necessary.

Left ear - Nucleus 24 Contour Advance with Freedom BTE

Implanted: 12/22/04 Activated: 1/18/05

Right ear - Nucleus Freedom

Implanted: 2/1/06 Activated: 3/1/06

Deafblind/Postlingual