Oh Sharon, I'm delighted, delighted, delighted for you! -- Carol [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:48 AM Subject: DINNER IS READY. > This title is the clearest, very first statement I heard with the > processor, without my hearing aid! I'd taken my hearing off after I came > home and settled into my room late this afternoon. I'd gotten two > magazines in the mail yesterday. One of them is called Conundrum, which > has a bunch of puzzles in it. So far, I enjoy doing word searches the > most. So today, I sat in my rocker, reading each letter of one of them, > and making many of the sounds I think of that each letter can produce. > After that I began solving it, still speaking out loud and pronouncing > some of the sounds. I got sleepy before I finished, so I decided to play > around with a building set I got with Christmas money. I continued > talking out loud, about what I was doing. Suddenly, I heard a significant > amount and type of stimuli that I figured was someone knocking on my door. > > "Come in," I called out. > > "Dinner is ready." Did she say dinner is ready? I marveled. I asked her > a little later, with my aid back on, if that was exactly what she said, > and she confirmed that it was! > > More adventures to come! > > Sharon >