Becoming deaf in Norway 2007Becoming deaf in Norway 2007Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 Im going deaf, what that does to me, my thoughts and my life.
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Unconditional condition
2008-02-17 14:37:00 I just sat very comfortably in my favorite chair in front of my computer for two hours, doing some work that requires concentration. I had no sounds to distract me, since I turned my hearing aids off for the work-session. I can’t stand the sound of the fans, even though I have water-cooled most of ... More About: Condition
The best, the good, the bad and the ugly
2008-02-15 15:16:00 Here’s some random (scrambled brain) thoughts…. The ugly side of life:When reality bites hard, misery loves company.Having said that, there’s always opportunities to be found, even in bad times… Just don’t freak out. Shift your weight from one foot to the other…. The bad side of life:When life is stalled for some reason. When things happen that ... More About: Good , Ugly , The Good , The Ugly
Not hearing all voices
2008-02-06 12:29:00 Last night it became very clear to me the difference between lip reading/hearing a person I know well, and lip reading/hearing someone I don’t know that well. I visited my best friend, Rolf, for his birthday. We almost always have great conversations, this time over a nice dinner he made. I have almost no trouble ... More About: Hearing
Localization with single CI
2008-02-04 11:54:00 A fellow CI blogger, Michael Chorost, the author of “Rebuilt”, recently wrote about an experience concerning localization with his bilateral CI’s.I just found this article in the Laryngoscope, to back up his findings with facts (all the way at the bottom ): Localization by Postlingually Deafened Adults Fitted With a Single Cochlear Implant. Laryngoscope. 118(1):145-151, ...
Captioning videos @ Overstream.net!
2008-02-01 15:22:00 One of my CI-blogfriends, Abbie (Chronicles of a bionic woman), recently created this captioned CI-activation-video! For all of us who can’t understand spoken words very well, this is a gift!Thank you Abbie, for letting us really participate in your experience. I learned a lot just from understanding what your audie says!!! I saw this video ... More About: Videos
View from a room
2008-01-30 10:43:00 Snow brightens the day and give me pleasure of beauty… More About: View , Room
Vestibular disorder symptoms I have experienced
2008-01-23 12:42:00 I came across an interesting website for an organization called VEDA (VEstibular Disorder Association). I found this list of possible symptoms that is very interesting. Image copied from “vestibular system.” Online Art. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 Jan. 2008Here is an explanation of the Vestibular system. I did not initially place all these symptoms into the ... More About: Symptoms , Experienced
Explaining the analogy: "Recruitment" of hair cells in cochlea
2008-01-22 12:52:00 During my research into my own declining hearing- and health condition, I came across information about a phenomenon regarding hair cells in cochlea called “recruitment”. I strongly suspect “recruitment” is what happens to me. It certainly would explain a lot of the things that happen(ed) to me and my hearing and the fatigue… (Most of ... More About: Hair , Recruitment , Anal
Sudoku vs. cognition
2008-01-19 04:03:00 What in the world could the term Cognition have to do with Sudoku ? Well, let me explain… For a Sudoku to be solved, you need to be able to learn, reason and remember numbers. Most of which has to do with the term “cognition” (click the word above for a precise terminology). I learned about my ...
Dreams with captioning?
2008-01-17 11:55:00 Ever imagined getting captioning in your dreams? I received a question from one reader yesterday that made me analyze my way of dreaming. The question was wether I hear sounds in my dreams or not, being almost deaf and having lived with hearing aids since the age of 4. As opposed to people who has been ... More About: Dreams
What I hear (or what?s left)
2008-01-16 10:51:00 It would be a good idea for me to put down some kind of status as to how my hearing is these days (as a baseline): Without my hearing aids I can barely hear: My son singing at certain notes at the top of his voice (gives me echo-effect on that frequency until I hear new sounds) A ... More About: Hear , Left
Mentally drowned
2008-01-13 11:01:00 Feeling of defeat is not a good feeling. Yesterday I attended my fathers 60th anniversary celebration and had some experiences with my hearing, or rather, the lack of hearing… In the days up to his celebration yesterday, I had my son with me as I usually have every second (extended) weekend. This time I really had ...
The sum of 2007 - Happy New Year!
2007-12-31 05:14:00 As 2007 soon is history, I feel it is appropriate for me to sum it all up for myself. Even though my hearing is coming to an end, there are, however, sounds to look forward to. And that is the CI-sound! Still have to wait for it, but in the meantime, I can take care ... More About: New Year , Happy , Happy New Year , Year
Merry christmas everyone!
2007-12-21 15:41:00 Hope you all have a great holiday! More About: Christmas , Merry Christmas , Merry
Pinkish Sky
2007-12-17 15:25:00 Pink Sky over snow clad mountains in the western part of Norway anno 2007. At lake Jølster, in Sogn- and fjordane county.
Making sense of the world through a cochlear implant
2007-12-15 14:31:00 March 13, 2007 - Scientists at University College London and Imperial College London have shown how the brain makes sense of speech in a noisy environment, such as a pub or in a crowd. The research suggests that various regions of the brain work together to make sense of what it hears, but that ... More About: Sense , World , The World , Implant
A Christmas wishlist for any CI-candidate
2007-12-14 16:55:00 All these books would be nice to sift through…. Also I found that a medical journal published 6 times a year by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, called “Ear and Hearing”. They have plenty of very interesting online articles available to subscribers, abridged if youre a guest… Same publishing house offers The Laryngoscope. All this is a bit expensive ... More About: Christmas , Wishlist , Candidate
Cold on cold winters day
2007-12-13 13:08:00 Still suffering from that common cold I reported on a few days back, I feel it takes forever to recover. I’m an impatient guy who hates to be slowed down. But I guess the years have given me at least a little more of that precious patience. When I grew up i was prone to ... More About: Cold , Winters
A new feature to the blog
More articles from this author:2007-12-11 15:53:00 Poetry in a picture…. This picture was taken today as I was x-mas shopping with my girlfriend in Førde, and sendt directly from that spot using my mobile to this blog. This is possible thanks to ShoZu, which in my opinion is incredibly cool! Easy to set up and VERY easy to use! Works with ... More About: Blog , Feature 1, 2 |
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