Congrats Sharon.  Like anything else new there's always tweaking and 
getting use to and it can be a fun ride, especially on something as useful 
and exciting as this so enjoy the ride  :). Keep us posted.

Brad






At 09:45 PM 1/7/2008, you wrote:
>Well today was The day!  Larry, my PSR worker and case manager, took me to 
>Boise to Elks Hearing and Balance.  It was weird weather, with hard 
>snowing probably during the night and in the morning.  Later the sun came 
>out, then it was snowing as we neared town.  Walking toward the building, 
>we met with my sister Judy and brother Dale.  Our parents would have come 
>but for the roads, which disappointed me.
>
>To make a long story short, both my speech processors were 
>activated.  They give you two of them in case you need a backup.  The 
>sounds I hear reminds me of a whining little harmonica  at high and higher 
>pitches, on which you move your mouth around to make speech sounds, but 
>the speech isn't very clear. The best I can detect are the S sound.  It 
>also sounds like my ear ringing at different pitches of the harmonica.  As 
>Judy and I were leaving the clinic, I heard tinkle, tinkle.  I asked her 
>if it was the blinkers, which it was!  I didn't hear it with my hearing aid.
>
>I asked Judy and Dale if we could celebrate, and I decided I wanted to eat 
>at a drive thru, in the car, which is my favorite wayo eat out.  Then on 
>the way home, Judy and I stopped at Dairy Queen to get me a chocolate chip 
>cookie dough blizzard and a large diet pepsi.
>
>Judy has made video excerpts of what happened, and I'd like to upload it 
>somewhere.  Does anyone know of a better place than U-Tube?  I want to 
>share this moment with you all.  Even if you're blind, you'll probably be 
>able to get an idea of what's going on.  If you[re curious about any of 
>it, just ask!
>
>Maybe I'll write more in the days ahead, but I think I'll go for now.
>
>Hugs and high-fives!
>
>Sharon



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