May 2023 HearPeers GoogleMeet hosted by Mary Beth for Med-El CI users, their families and those considering a Med-El CI

[Mary Beth]

UPDATED 

So far invites to our May 7th HP GoogleMeet will be sent to the following members.  No need to reply.  You are on the list.

@Mary Beth

@Joan  

@AlexExpo  candidate for CI

@Kylie  

@Lauren  

@Tim  

@Kirk S.  

@Jared Charney  

@JoceSky  

@Anne N  

@Heather W  

@Dianna  

@Roy  

@Glenn Neff  FIRST TIME

@DianeH  FIRST TIME (CI surgery April 10)

 

 

[Betsy]

Please include me.

[Betsy]

Please include me.

[Mary Beth]

Updated

So far invites to our May 7th HP GoogleMeet will be sent to the following members.  No need to reply.  You are on the list.

@Mary Beth

@Joan  

@AlexExpo  candidate for CI

@Kylie  

@Lauren  

@Tim  

@Kirk S.  

@Jared Charney  

@JoceSky  

@Anne N  

@Heather W  

@Dianna  

@Roy  

@Betsy

@Glenn Neff  FIRST TIME

@DianeH  FIRST TIME (CI surgery April 10)

[Dave in Pittsburgh]

Yes

Dave in Pittsburgh 

[Kathryn]

Yes please 

[Mary Beth]

@Kathryn

terrific!  In a moment I will send you a private HearPeer (HP) message to get your email address for the invite.  Look at the top right menu for the envelope icon.  

[Mary Beth]

Updated

So far invites to our May 7th HP GoogleMeet will be sent to the following members.  No need to reply.  You are on the list.

@Mary Beth

@Joan  

@AlexExpo  candidate for CI

@Kylie  

@Lauren  

@Tim  

@Kirk S.  

@Jared Charney  

@JoceSky  

@Anne N  

@Heather W  

@Dianna  

@Roy  

@Betsy

@Glenn Neff  FIRST TIME

@DianeH  FIRST TIME (CI surgery April 10)

@Kathryn SSD candidate FIRST TIME

@Dave in Pittsburgh  

 

 

[Teddy]

On 3/26/2023 at 11:42 AM, Mary Beth said:

 

The May 2023 HearPeers GoogleMeet hosted by Mary Beth will be on:

Sunday May 7 at 9:15 am New York time.  The meeting opens around 9:00 am New York time for chatting.

All Med-El CI users, families and those considering a Med-El CI are welcome.

Invites are sent a few moments before the meeting opens to those who reply below.

GoogleMeet has free automatic captions.

Tagging those who have recently attended.  First timers are always welcome.  Smile

If you wish to receive an invite, please respond below.

 

@Mary Beth  

@Kylie  

@Joan  

@Dave in Pittsburgh  

@Lauren  

@Dianna  

@Ralph34  

@Jared Charney  

@Andrew42  

@Jimit  

@JoceSky  

@Roy  

@Tim  

@Mary Jo Strickland  

@Hila  

@Valentin  

@Heather W  

 

@Anne N  

@Kirk S.  

@Theo  

@AlexExpo

 

[Teddy]

Plan on joining.  Thanks.

[Andrew42]

Please count me in. Sorry for the late response.

[Mary Beth]

@ERW

 

Let’s set you up to receive an invite Erin.  If you can join in terrific as this next GoogleMeet has several people attending who are considering CIs as well as recently activated and long term CI users and everyone in between.  Smile.

In a moment I will send you a private HearPeer (HP) message to get your email address for the invite which is sent a few moments before the meeting opens.  Check the top right menu for the envelope icon.

[Mary Beth]

Updated

So far invites to our May 7th HP GoogleMeet will be sent to the following members.  No need to reply.  You are on the list.

@Mary Beth

@Joan  

@AlexExpo  candidate for CI

@Kylie  

@Lauren  

@Tim  

@Kirk S.  

@Jared Charney  

@JoceSky  

@Anne N  

@Heather W  

@Dianna  

@Roy  

@Theo

@Andrew42

@Betsy

@Glenn Neff  FIRST TIME

@DianeH  FIRST TIME (CI surgery April 10)

@Kathryn SSD candidate FIRST TIME

@ERW candidate FIRST TIME

 

 

[Ralph34]

Please add me to the list.

[Mary Beth]

Our group HearPeers mail has been sent.  Please check the top right menu for the envelope icon and respond there by Friday.  Thank you!

 

@Mary Beth

@Joan  

@AlexExpo  candidate for CI

@Kylie  

@Lauren  

@Tim  

@Kirk S.  

@Jared Charney  

@JoceSky  

@Anne N  

@Heather W  

@Dianna  

@Roy  

@Theo

@Andrew42

@Betsy

@Glenn Neff  FIRST TIME

@DianeH  FIRST TIME (CI surgery April 10)

@Kathryn SSD candidate FIRST TIME

@ERW candidate FIRST TIME

@Ralph34

 

 

[Valentin]

Hi guys. Finally I can not attend May meeting. First Sunday of May we celebrate "mother day" here. It is a family day.

Regards, and happy meeting.

 

[Mary Beth]

The test BCC group email to your personal email accounts has been sent.  If you do not see it, please check your spam folder.  If you do not receive it, please let me know.

 

Wishing @DianeH the very best on her activation today!  Fun times ahead.

 

@Mary Beth

@Joan  

@AlexExpo  candidate for CI

@Kylie  

@Lauren  

@Tim  

@Kirk S.  

@Jared Charney  

@JoceSky  

@Anne N  

@Heather W  

@Dianna  

@Roy  

@Theo

@Andrew42

@Betsy

@Glenn Neff  FIRST TIME

@DianeH  FIRST TIME (CI surgery April 10)

@Kathryn SSD candidate FIRST TIME

@ERW candidate FIRST TIME

@Ralph34

 

 

[Mary Beth]

Great chat today everyone.  We had 18 members participate (2 for the first time).

links to some information we discussed

IOWA English phoneme test @Kathryn

Amazon Prime reading with audiobook and highlighted text free to Amazon Prime members

 

[Mary Beth]

@Roy

mentioned LibriVox 

 

here is a link

https://librivox.org

[Joan]

Lauren mentioned Libby for audiobooks. I also use that. It is a free app from the local public library 

[Glenn]

Well, I have no clue what I did wrong. I was active from 12 noon to 12:22 PDT and nobody showed up?

[Glenn]

On 3/26/2023 at 8:42 AM, Mary Beth said:

 

The May 2023 HearPeers GoogleMeet hosted by Mary Beth will be on:

Sunday May 7 at 9:15 am New York time.  The meeting opens around 9:00 am New York time for chatting.

All Med-El CI users, families and those considering a Med-El CI are welcome.

Invites are sent a few moments before the meeting opens to those who reply below.

GoogleMeet has free automatic captions.

Tagging those who have recently attended.  First timers are always welcome.  Smile

If you wish to receive an invite, please respond below.

 

@Mary Beth  

@Kylie  

@Joan  

@Dave in Pittsburgh  

@Lauren  

@Dianna  

@Ralph34  

@Jared Charney  

@Andrew42  

@Jimit  

@JoceSky  

@Roy  

@Tim  

@Mary Jo Strickland  

@Hila  

@Valentin  

@Heather W  

 

@Anne N  

@Kirk S.  

@Theo  

@AlexExpo

Apparently it was at 9 AM PDT and I was here at 9 AM EDT Somebody needs to explain these time errors...

 

[Lauren]

New York is Eastern Standard Time. 9am in New York is 6am in Pacific Daylight Time. 

[Lauren]

It was great seeing everyone. @Dianna glad you made it!

[Glenn]

Okay... that tracks. No way in this world will I get up at 6 AM for a meeting like this. Drop me off the list and I think I am done with hear peers.