Sharon, I am so happy with and for you and I want to thank you so much for sharing this moment and other moments with us. hugs and congrats. Lelia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:45 PM Subject: Activated! > 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 > > > __________ NOD32 2774 (20080108) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >