" Hi this is Jeremy. On February 24,2009 my mom had activation for her Cochlear implant. My mom did great today .She heard right off the bat! My mom's audiologist was mega happy. She heard beeeeeeep beeeeeeep. I also video taped some of it. My mom was laughing with excitement. This was an exciting day for my mom!!!!"
Those are the words my son posted on Hearing Journey on hook-up day. It was a special day for the whole family.
This was a great day indeed! My audiologist did several test with beeps and I heard every little beep. We were all laughing at how excited I was to be hearing the beeps. Then my audiologist turned up the volume and it was hurting me ear so was decided to to leave it soft to start. She was so Happy for the way things were going she was grinning from ear to ear with me. In the three slots used for programming. My audiologist put a soft one in the first and increased the volume in the number two and louder on the number three.
After the hook-up , Jeremy and I went to Target. I could hear people's shoes on the floor, people talking and the pings and the beeps of the cash register. When we were in the car, I could enjoy the music even though I could not yet understand the words. Just having sound in my left ear is was awesome man......... and everything sound normal with the implant and the hearing aid together!The implant alone sounds like Darth Vader.
I'm hearing so many new sounds and it is awesome that it brings tears to my eyes. It has been 46 years-and now I can hear! I'm on cloud nine and I hope you can feel the excitement!!!!!!
