Hello Abbie,
I just listened and watched your video of the activation of your CI. What a marvelous thing you did, to make this available to us fellow CIers! You are a wonderful inspiration.
I received my implant in April 2006, activated in May. My experience was very similar to yours. I was born with a severe hearing loss in both ears and did not receive my first hearing aid in one ear until I was 4 yrs! Despite all this, I went through the mainstream schooling and university with just one ear hearing aid.
To make a long story short, my ear gave out 3 yrs ago and as the other ear was bad, I was effectively deaf. The implant was a miracle and now I am hearing sufficiently ell, but still problems on the phone, in crowds, etc..
My hearing handicap never stopped me in my life. I started up my own company and became very successful, despite a heavy telephone requirement.
Anyway, I wish you much success in life and I know you will have that. You got what it takes!
Thanks again, Abbie.
Cheers!
the bionic man from Canada
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
The good stuff in life...
is not all chocolate, wine and lemon drop cookies. I deal with a lot of negativity throughout the day but it just takes one of these emails to make my day.
Hi there!
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Thanks
- Dana
It's so great to read your blogs, Abbie. They're always so upbeat and inspirational. Thanks for sharing this email that made your day. It made mine too. :-)
ReplyDeleteAbbie,
ReplyDeleteYou know this already - beside that I think the world of you - you are fantastic writer and person. You are one of the first people I found after my implants. For the past six months I have not meet in person anyone with implants. I have not set eyes on anyone like me. Through the internet I have meet a lifetime group of friends. I don't believe my experience would have been so incredible without all of you. Most of the time you express what I want to say and how I feel. I am so very thankful to have found all of you. I hope one day to meet you. I should get to meet Jen on Saturday!!!! finally.
Valerie
Hi Abbie,
ReplyDeleteThat was a wonderful letter from the Bionic man in Canada :) Gives me a bit of hope.
I have some news too. But you'll have to read it on my blog LOL, - Which I haven't written it yet - am waiting for one more email from my doc and then I'll write it up.
Cheers
Robyn
www.robyncarter.blogspot.com
I watched your CI video and was very interested in how they do the mapping etc. I am candidate for CI here in australia but its a 4 years wait which i dont mind. Im looking forward to have one done within 4 years.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Yeah...he wants you. *smile* I predict that this will be the first in a long list of people inspired by you and your warm self...hugs, Jodi
ReplyDeleteAbbie,
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned it should be a night and day difference between getting activated two weeks ago and today. You're right. The day I was activated I heard mostly metl pings whenever there was a sound or voice. Yesterday I went to your site and watched your activation video again. I watched it twice before. When you first put it on your site and and when you added caption.
The third time (yesterday) I watched the uncaptioned version. I hooked up my implant to the computer using the cable I got with mine and I understood most of what you said without the captioning. First time I've been able to do that. I was reading your lips but I understood 90% more with the implant and reading your lips than I did just trying toread your lips without it. And I did actually hear your words so it is making a huge difference and it's only the beginning.
jIM