Agreed.

purple Mari



At 10:52 PM 2/6/2008, you wrote:
>More than a little amazing.  Thank you Jesus.
>
>Phil.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:59 PM
>Subject: Third Sound Mapping, and Silence
>
>
> > All right, guys,
> >
> > I've been waiting for someone in my family to review this special update,
> > but I guess they can correct me if I'm wrong on any point.  So here it is:
> >
> > Third Sound Mapping, and Silence
> >
> > Posted February 6, 2008
> >
> >
> >
> > Well folks,
> >
> >
> >
> > On January 17, my niece took me to see Jenna again for my third
> >
> > sound mapping. As we were walking toward the clinic, the mother of the
>deaf
> >
> > little boy that Judy and I had befriended greeted us, telling us that he
>did
> >
> > well on his activation! Jenna gave me even more sound to work with, and
> >
> > created the four programs to send alternative kinds of stimuli, rather
>than
> >
> > to be progressive in the same type. Number 1 is what we thought was my
> >
> > favorite setting so far. Number 2 is an automated sensitivity adjuster
>that
> >
> > changes according to my environmental needs. Number 3 is called adro,
>which
> >
> > is an alternative setting to try in any situation. And number 4 has a lot
> >
> > of low pitches which, so far, I don't like. I'll have to play around with
> > the others to see which ones I like best for a given environment.
> >
> >
> >
> > I can now communicate more without using my regular hearing aid, and I
>find
> >
> > that I'm able to recognize some sounds, and hear some voices beneath the
> > bells and whistles, which often seems to be decreased, and vary more
>widely
> > with the added stimulation I've been given! I also realize now that voices
> > do indeed sound cartoonish, as some have described them. Voices that I
>would
> > otherwise recognize can sound distorted. Since the settings are not
>perfect,
> >
> > or my brain isn't fully adjusted, I hear some things in what I can best
> >
> > describe as a bad machine language accent. If I ask how you're doing, and
> >
> > you say, "I'm doing okay," it can sound somewhat like, "I'm doing o kerr."
> > Although music is often not very recognizable yet, I can sometimes hear
>the
> > rhythmic jingling and tinkling as my system picks out the beat, etc. It
>got
> > me thinking of just how complex our technological minds are; whatever it
>is
> > that makes the music source play, and the things that make my electrodes
> > stimulate to tap out the rhythm!
> >
> >
> >
> > When I first turn it on in the morning, the sounds are an awakening
>shocker,
> > sort of like when you sleepily walk into the bathroom and douse your face
>in
> > cold water. Otherwise, I don't remember any sounds driving me really
>crazy,
> > though I did feel tired, at least once. The most annoying ones I can think
> > of are when I've heard myself speaking high-pitched consonants that I
>hadn't
> > heard much of in a long time, like, "Thisss nexxxt Sssattturrday" and the
> > "er" sound when others speak. But I gladly welcome the high pitches, which
> > give me the ability to hear speech, and the world, more clearly, and I
>aint
> > goin back!
> >
> >
> >
> > I still often use my microphone system with my hearing aid I'd been using
> > before, but for part of the time, I turn my microphone off and leave my
> > hearing aid in the mode that only picks up sounds from that, and nothing
> > else. That way, my brain gets more of a workout with the processor.
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't have to go in for another mapping session until next month,
> > hopefully February 14, if I can get
> >
> > a ride. I hope we'll play around some more.
> >
> >
> >
> > After I finished my mapping session, my niece and I went to the hospital
> >
> > where my dad lay in the ICU ward, unable to speak. He'd gone in to have
>his
> >
> > second carotid artery cleaned out, but the doctors discovered a hematoma
> >
> > near the surgery site, so he went back under the scalpel to get part of it
> >
> > removed. As a result, he swelled up so much that he could not breathe
> >
> > entirely on his own. Thus he was languishing on a ventilator, with a tube
> >
> > down his throat and toward his airways. It was the next day when we
>dropped
> >
> > by, and I later returned home with Judy, and my mom, who has been staying
>at
> >
> > her house at night.
> >
> > I appreciate the fact that I am capable of choosing how I view any given
> > circumstances. I see an inspirational, yet funny picture with the positive
> > and negative events that have occurred simultaneously: Me getting my
>hearing
> > improved so I can listen, as part of the communication process, and my dad
> > being unable to speak to me, the other side of the communication process.
>It
> > is crucial that we talk, and listen actively, to one another, in order to
> > boost our sense of well-being, and to keep any kind of relationship alive
> > and burning brightly!
> >
> > And that's the news for today.
> >
> > Sharon
> >
> >
>
>
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