HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted May 8, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Wishing @Mary Featherston the best at her first activation on May 9th (tomorrow!)! Upcoming events: @Carolmarie first CI surgery on May 25th @stranger first CI activation on May 28th @Jewel first CI surgery on August 21st Anyone else want to add their surgery or activation dates to our list so we can cheer you on as well? mshaley2, Megan L. and Kara of Canada 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 8, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Happy activation tomorrow!!! @Mary Featherston ? Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Thanks, @Mary Beth and @Megan L. ! I'm pretty sure I'll be useless in the meeting I have at work in the morning before I go! Megan L. and Mary Beth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Good luck today @Mary Featherston !! Remember it’s not a race it’s a journey. It takes time and perseverance and patience to get there. There will be obstacles and hurdles to jump but stay the course as the reward is great! Megan L., Mary Featherston, Mary Beth and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted May 9, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Good to see you @Megan L.. How are things going for you? Megan L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Hi @Mary Beth ? things are good! Busy as usual. I made a phone call this morning to the doctors office and after the call I thought to myself, “thank goodness for my Bionic ear. It works amazing!” It never gets old how amazing it works or how much easier it makes everything. Not to mention how clear everything sounds. I’m excited for our new and old Bionic friends to get activated and follow their journey!!! Mary Beth and Jewel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 And how are you @Mary Beth? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Hi @Megan L. glad to hear from you as well. I feel the exact same way as you do! Megan L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Hi @Kara of Canada ? Its kind of like the gift that keeps on giving! Did you get activated yet? I can’t remember...if so how is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Hi @Megan L. yes I was activated last week. It’s going good. I just don’t really enjoy the tedious training. But I found out how awesome TED talks are! So that’s making it better! Megan L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 @Kara of Canada Congrats! ahhh yes I remember those brain training tedious listening activities. Very boring but the payoff is wonderful ? glad you found listening activities that are more bearable!!! Are you allowed to wear your other ear while training the new one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 No. But as @Mary Beth suggests I do listen to music with them together. So some trianing together. But not officially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted May 9, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 @Megan L. I agree. So exciting. I’m doing great. Thanks for asking. Megan L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 @Kara of Canada Ohhh I bet music sounds amazing with 2!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 @Mary Beth glad to hear all is well! School’s almost out ? unless you’re doing summer school? Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Well not yet. I’m on day 7 but I can hear it. So yes two ears are better than one for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 You’re making progress @Kara of Canada ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Yes it’s working for sure. It was very very muffled at first but it is slowly working out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 @Kara of Canada Glad to hear you’re off to a good start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Thanks it really is. Megan L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I've been activated for oh, about three hours now. I heard speech, but very distorted and beepy and whispery. Still, it was a great start and such an experience to have, I haven't heard much in this ear in years. I turned on music in the car on the way home and some of it I could hear better. It was kind of interesting, the percussion was all exactly as it should be, it's just voices that have to be worked on, it seems. Jewel and Megan L. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted May 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Oh, and I did learn that my electrode array is Flex 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted May 9, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Great start @Mary Featherston! Enjoy your journey. Mary Featherston 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted May 10, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 @Mary Featherston wonderful!!! Enjoy your journey. Music came back to me before voices did too ? I didn’t mind that! Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted May 10, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Thanks, @Megan L.! The beepy sounds are gone already. What I'm hearing now is a sort of echo chamber effect. Is that normal? Megan L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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