Solitude of sound

Over two years without a blog post, you either assumed I got bored of this, died, or am still using the Harmony and have zero news about i...

Here's the link: 15 Struggles Only Hearing Impaired People Will Understand. Made me laugh! I can certainly relate to every single one....

I was regularly checking my facebook feed when I see this shared post about two words that should never be said to a hard of hearing perso...

It's now nearing the end of March 2014, and, I have not posted in forever. Unfortunately, I have nothing to say CI related either! I a...

A recent spoiler indicated that over the next several episodes of Switched at Birth , a character will be getting a cochlear implant, but...

 I recently discovered that there is a film premiering in New Jersey Sept 26, called 95 Decibels . It revolves around the difficulty parents...

A few nights ago my husband and I went to the NASCAR Nationwide race outside of Phoenix. We were convinced I would end up taking my implant ...

Most of you have probably already heard about this news. Advanced Bionics has produced a sleeker processor, that is currently available in E...

It's been 5 months since my last post. I'm sure I've had something to say a few times, but forgot  to write about it. For the ti...

I recently saw this article and it struck home with me. It is on this site called Hearing and Kids , called " How do we know what a chi...

Well. I've been having some lovely tinnitus in my implanted ear the past few weeks. It's not horrible, it's just there much ...

Today was the day to do my part in a CI study at ASU Tempe. The study, when it's finished, will have 2,000 participants. I was participa...

I received an email a few weeks ago from ASU research center about them obtaining information on my cochlear implant status for a study. A...

I've had ClearVoice for about two weeks now. My stand with it is, so-so. While I definitely prefer it in public, like at my job, because...

Short update. I asked about getting the Neptune processor since I'm going to a lake this summer and would totally like it if I could lea...

I finally got my implant programmed with ClearVoice today. I've heard nothing but positive results about it and figured it's a must ...

Those of you with implants already know about the release of the Neptune sound processor by Advanced Bionics earlier this year. For those ...

Some of you may recall from earlier posts, post-surgery, that I woke up from my surgery with some serious jaw issues. Something from the sur...

It seems I've been missed. I understand. I'm missable. (Missable should be a legitimate word). A month ago, my husband and I have ...

For some time now, I've thought I wouldn't have any issues with my CI. Nearly two weeks ago, after beating a cold, I developed verti...

I had a three month CI check up today. We started with the basic beep test... I'm hearing at the same levels I was three months ago, exc...

Over all, my CI journey has reached a standstill. There will not be much else to say about it unless I'm a victim of malfunctioning or s...

I was talking to my husband a week ago about something and he pointed out to me how rude people in public have been to me. It was fascinatin...

Yep, you read that correct. My hearing may have seemed to decrease nearly 2 months ago, but after my last hearing test, a month ago, everyth...

So basically all that crap I went through (vertigo, nausea, headaches, etc) lasted an entire month. I would say over the past week I have no...

Dec 21 Audiogram I had my last hearing test and mapping back on December 21st. I had some basic increases in my mapping as we are s...

Since my visit to the doctor, I left with some anti-nausea and anti-dizzy pills to basically prevent me from dehydrating myself again, as th...

I realize it's been a while since a post. My husband and I are in the process of a buying a house, and on top of that, I have my usual s...

I have realized today I have not had to ask anyone to repeat a sentence in nearly 2 weeks. I'm not as worried about being around people ...

Well, I haven't posted much in a while. Nothing is necessarily blogable, but I can say my hearing has improved with the CI indefinitely....

A few days ago, Advanced Bionics recalled its HiRes 90k implant ... the same one I specifically asked for 2 months ago. It is stated that tw...

When I was waiting for my surgery for the CI, I was warned that even though the CI will improve my hearing and communication, it's not g...

I took the Advanced Bionics speech test again tonight to see any improvements compared to last time. Last time you may remember I started ge...

Need I say more? Just kidding. But seriously, see the improvement from basically pre-surgery to one month after activation (2 months af...