Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007: Recent Episodes
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Combining gene-therapy and CI? Hmmm, interesting! Maybe this could have cured or lessened the impact of the tinnitus that I have too? Too bad this kind of research takes ages….
I will not kill this blog, there is too much good stuff and loads of information on it. I might even write more if anything significant crosses my path. But as I have arrived at a new chapter in my life, it was time to move over to a new blog. That blog will be […]
Right now I’m writing from my temporary new home: Ål Folkehøyskole. I’m in the process of learning Norwegian sign language. This stage of rehabilitation will take me through the winter up until May 2014. Why sign-language now, after two CI’s? Well, several reasons. Prime reason is that my wife and I found out we had […]
Hvorfor jeg ikke fant denne artikkelen før nå er merkelig, men til tross for datoen er den fortsatt meget aktuell. http://www.psykologtidsskriftet.no/index.php?seks_id=79645&a=2 For my English readers a Google translate (quality of translation is a bit whacky, but read between the lines and you will get the essence of the article) version: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.no&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.psykologtidsskriftet.no/index.php%3Fseks_id%3D79645%26a%3D2&usg=ALkJrhjEAgToxXkyiy1K8PLaRvt_a4hsxw
And this time they portray various effects of hearingloss as conceived by the brain, it’s not just a simulation of various frequency losses. I had all three of them, and with bilateral CI I still have to “work my way trough” “loss of clarity” and “recruitment” (to some degree in various sound environments). These sound […]
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I just came across some sound-samples that simulate my own tinnitus. I wanted to share them, so perhaps people around me better understand why I am tired or unable to participate in social activities. This is similar to the "quiet" tinnitus that I have all the time 24/7 (I can barely hear this sounds when […]
Nasjonalt senter for hørsel og psykisk helse arrangerer mestringskurs for deg med nedsatt hørsel. Oppstart januar 2013. Nedsatt hørsel innebærer for mange en kontinuerlig kompenseringsinnsats. Du må kompensere mentalt for den informasjonen du mister, du kompenserer for muskulære anstrengelser i nakke og skulder, for nedsatt balanse, du bruker energi på å lokalisere hvor lyder kommer […]
Communications is by far mostly verbal. Aside from the visual aspects (screen image, video/film, body language etc.), information is mostly spread verbally/auditory. Think about how much information exchange that takes place verbally in these arenas: education, court system, politics, entertainment, family, parties and so on and so on. The last year or so I have […]
http://m.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hearing_loss_linked_to_three_fold_risk_of_falling
Was at appointment at hospital today. Time to give my Bionic hearing some sound adjustments. Before I arrived at appointment I thought that there was no need to adjust anything. My speech comprehension is good, and the left ear is coming along nicely, slowly catching up with my right, steadily getting better and better “resolution”. […]
I have a future post in mind, not yet mature, concerning the effect of my second implant on tinnitus. Right now I have another issue that needs (and gets) medical attention. I have in earlier posts explained about suspicions about migraine aura. In this regard I have been to a neurology specialist, and the first […]
Date Event May 1972 Born 1975 Wears hearing aids for the first time 1995 Drops out from higher education, due to hearing 2001 Looses job, gets divorced Early 2006 First thought of getting CI Oct. 2006 Suffering full burnout syndrome collapse 28.12.2006 Starting ci4me2007.wordpress.com blog Late 2006 My GP sends me to specialist as CI […]
Getting stereo again is just great, I kid you not. I have been walking on clouds this week, despite some troubles. (read more below picture) Sound is, even though my newfound ear is very weak and undeveloped, much, much more gratifying to absorb. It is as if the sound world just came alive. […]
Finally came the long awaited activation day for my second Cochlea Implant. Did go by myself this time, knew a lot about what was going to happen and so forth. So, first we went through the the initial single electrode check and level determination (in order to avoid a cataclysmic neural shock to the neurotransmitters […]
Got word yesterday, that I will get stereo back Monday 27.2 at Rikshospitalet. I’m now looking very much forward to getting started on the last leg of my very long CI-journey. I’m quite tired of this, and just want to get on with living and forget about it. I have been working on coping and […]