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<DIV>Cathy that's wonderful for you. I'm glad it has given you back what
you have missed. Tracie and Katie must still need that little push forward
new sounds that they haven't heard in so long. They both still want to
rely on sign language interpreters, especially in a group setting instead of
trying to hear. So it makes me think that this is not as perfect as is
said. Maybe they just don't want to trust their hearing yet. If insurance
is going to pay this big amount it needs to have a higher success rate than
still needing interpreters. Wouldn't you agree?</DIV>
<DIV>Cheri Fields</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/19/2014 1:38:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
guillcat@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>I cannot
determine, at this point, the difference between perpendicular and parallel
traffice. The reason is because I haven't reached that particular
question on my list of priorities yet. The last few years with my CIs
have been so busy with all the new busy-ness of hearing people and audio books
and podcasts and music and the whispers of my husband and the birds and voices
of friends and the sermons of my minister that I have not actually taken the
time to stand on the street corner. That's what SSPs are for. And
no, I cannot tell where a sound is coming from unless there is only one sound
in a quiet environment. BUT, please, oh please, do not accept any brand
of implant for which the surgeon or audi tells you there are
limitations. For example if you are told, before implantation, that you
will not be able to enjoy music you haven't heard before, you do not want to
settle for that implant. The only implant you should accept is the one
that will provide you with unl<BR>imited sound capability. You should be
limited only by your physical capabilities combined on your brain's level of
adaptation to the signals carried by the auditory nerve. Let me
explain. On the day my implant was first activated, my brain could
withstand only a certain amount of sound because it hadn't received sound in a
long time. The very next day, the audi turned the volume a great deal
louder and I was able to hear softer sounds. That's because my brain had
adjusted to hearing the new sounds in the 24 hours since the implant was
activated. Then for the next 30 days I used external controls to
increase volume incrementally until I saw the audi again. Each time I
turned up the volume, I gained mor esounds and heard more of the conversations
around me. My brain would not have been able to tolerate all this volume
in the first few days. <BR><BR>My insurance also paid for a speech
therapist during this adjustment period. The therapist tracked my
progress in a manner that revealed which particular sounds I needed more
exposure to in order to train my brain to hear them well. <BR><BR>You
say magical? I say miraculous. There are no limits, provided you
are medically, physically, a candidate for implantation.<BR><BR>Cathy
Miller<BR><BR><BR>Sent from my
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