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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005Wednesday is the big day.
I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. Never will. But someone up there keeps trying to teach me. Anyways, all good thoughts, wishes and prayers and purrs will be greatly appreciated. Wednesday May 25, 2005. 1:30 pm Pacific Daylight time. They keep telling me not to expect too much, especially right away, so I try not to think about that either. Jo >I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I >can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo We will be sending purrs and the very best wishes in your direction...Lorna (Chessie & Nikki) Purrs on their way. Suz&Spicey > I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I > can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo Will have everything crossed and send out mega purrs that the durned thing WORKS! > I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I > can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo Purrs for patience and purrs that you'll hear kitty purrs and mrrps and meows soon if not right away!  SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net > They keep telling me not to expect too much, especially right away, so I try > not to think about that either. Lots of purrs, Jo, that the implant works perfectly and soon. SignatureMarina, Frank and Mere. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also > means I can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jo Oh wow, how exciting! I wouldn't have any patience either. Purrs for it all to go well and to be a huge success. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Anyways, all good thoughts, wishes and prayers and purrs will be greatly > appreciated. Wednesday May 25, 2005. 1:30 pm Pacific Daylight time. We'll be purring! SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I >can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Jo Hugs, prayers, good thoughts, and purrs that it works. Hugs and Purrs, Nan and the Allons, TN Furkids Good luck today! Lots of purrs your way! Susan M Otis and Chester >I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I >can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo --------------------<snip>--------------------- >Anyways, all good thoughts, wishes and prayers and purrs will be greatly >appreciated. Wednesday May 25, 2005. 1:30 pm Pacific Daylight time. Lots of purrs will be sent your way. Good vibes from the humans too. Good luck! -- Regards and Purrs, O J >I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I >can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Jo Purrs to you, Jo, that this will end up being a wonderful thing in your life when you look back on it later. May it all go well, and may it work out wonderfully for you. Blessings, Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) >I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I >can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Jo Purrs and good thoughts on the way. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for it to work wonderfully, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I > can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo Hey Jo, Can you hear me now? Purring and hoping that it worked. Pam, Rob, and the Fayetteville Seven + Speedy the d-thing >I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I >can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and yes it works. I can hear things I haven't heard in years. That's the good news. I can also hear feedback like tones that just about drown out everything else. We spent two and a half hours today programming it, and still have a ways to go. But the audiologist is hopeful that I will eventually have a very good result. This is an ear that has heard absolutely nothing in several years, so I guess I need to give it some time to adjust. Jo >I try not to think about it so I don't get anxious, but that also means I >can't concentrate on anything else either. I have no patience. Never did. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo > It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and > yes it works. I can hear things I haven't heard in years. That's the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Jo Purrs and cheers for the implant to be a great success. MLB >It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and yes >it works. I can hear things I haven't heard in years. That's the good [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >This is an ear that has heard absolutely nothing in several years, so I >guess I need to give it some time to adjust. You go girl!! That's great news. I'm sure after you get used to it, it'll be wonderful. -- Regards and Purrs, O J That sounds really exciting - also rather maddening right now. I have tinnitus, and my ears are ringing rather loudly right now. I know that isn't the same thing, but it may give me a slight taste of what you're dealing with. I hope they can get it fixed. It would certainly be wonderful then. SignatureJoy **Don't believe everything you think** > It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and yes > it works. I can hear things I haven't heard in years. That's the good [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > Jo > This is an ear that has heard absolutely nothing in several years, so I > guess I need to give it some time to adjust. That is wonderful! I'm very optimistic about this! SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, > and yes it works. I can hear things I haven't heard in years. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jo It sounds like mostly good news. Purrs that after some adjustment time it gets better. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and > yes it works. ... > Jo Hooray! I wonder if the problem with the noise has something to do with needing to retrain your brain to listen again. Annie, who is grinning from ear to ear >> It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and >> yes it works. ... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > needing to retrain your brain to listen again. > Annie, who is grinning from ear to ear We will see. This morning the audiologist called and asked me to change the "coil" on the processor. I did and it seemed to help. I can now hear my mouse click and hear water run. But can't quite "get" words on TV or in conversation. And everyone's voice sounds the same. Also it seems to have a split second time delay, so it won't work along with my hearing aid, and it makes my own voice sound weird to me. I'm thinking that is something I will become accustomed to as well. Jo >>> It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and >>> yes it works. ... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jo The time delay is going to make lip reading interesting too. Since there is a delay between what I see and what I hear. ..> The time delay is going to make lip reading interesting too. Since there is > a delay between what I see and what I hear. Jo, I can imagine the delay could be something that takes a lot of adjustment. I remember going to a science museum once and trying to talk while a telephone speaker sent a delay of my voice to my ear. It was darn near impossible to say more than a couple of sentences. Before the surgery, were you given any information about what to expect? Annie > ..> The time delay is going to make lip reading interesting too. Since > there is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Before the surgery, were you given any information about what to expect? > Annie They try to tell you what to expect, but it is hard to do. For one thing, only someone with an implant can describe what they are hearing. And many have nothing to compare it to. Then there is a tremendous variation in the final results, and no way to predict who will get what result. About 10% get no help at all. On the other end of the scale maybe 10% will be able to use a telephone. At least I know I've got awareness of sound covered. I was heading to the point where I wouldn't have even that. Jo ... At least > I know I've got awareness of sound covered. I was heading to the point > where I wouldn't have even that. > > Jo I hope things will continue to improve as you get used to the new device. Can you hear the cats purring now? Annie > ... At least >> I know I've got awareness of sound covered. I was heading to the point [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Can you hear the cats purring now? > Annie We are in the midst of renovating a bathroom this week. I've only seen the cats enough to know we still have cats. There has been no purring, by cats or other life forms. Anyone caught growling gets a time out, and that includes the contractor. Jo ...> Anyone caught > growling gets a time out, and that includes the contractor. > Jo I assume that means you can hear the growling? Good luck with your construction project. Annie >>>> It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant >>>> today, and yes it works. ... [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > The time delay is going to make lip reading interesting too. Since > there is a delay between what I see and what I hear. Sometimes when I'm watching television, the sound is out of sync with the picture. I find this very annoying, it would be very strange if it happened in real life, I hope you soon get used to it. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >>>>It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and >>>>yes it works. ... [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > The time delay is going to make lip reading interesting too. Since there is > a delay between what I see and what I hear. I'd expect language will take a while to make sense - I can remember having trouble when I got my first ordinary hearing aid at age 18. Even though every little sound was so much clearer, it just didn't come together as English! Everything sounded so different. It wasn't quite as bad as having to learn to listen and talk all over again, but I certainly had to do some revision. I'm so excited to hear things are going well for you so far. Are you able to switch the device off for a while if things just get too much, or is it on all the time once activated? >>>>>It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, >>>>>and yes it works. ... [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > to switch the device off for a while if things just get too much, or is it > on all the time once activated? I can take the external device on and off. It is very light and very comfortable. And I don't even notice the internal part much anymore. It has four different program setting for different situations, but I don't know how to use them yet. And I can adjust the volume and background noise sensitivity. Though at this stage I'd think the more I adjust, the more I will screw up. It is very much like when the sound on TV is out of sync. Guess I gotta train the brain. Jo > >>>>>It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, > >>>>>and yes it works. ... [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > It is very much like when the sound on TV is out of sync. Guess I gotta > train the brain. That last was very true for me. While I have to get them repaired, I have a set of CROS hearing aids for total deafness in one ear with normal hearing in the other. The unit in the deaf ear has a microphone and a radio transmitter, which broadcasts to a speaker in the other. Logically, one would expect this to give better awareness, but since all sounds physically come from my right side, there would be no reason to expect that I'd have a sense of directional sound. Literally, I don't. When, however, I'm in a position, as in lecturing, where I can clearly see people speak and they maintain their position, my brain apparently overrides the sense of hearing based on visual information. The people on my left begin to sound as if they are on my left, although I can't possibly hear them -- the left auditory nerve is totally gone, after catching a probable clot after heart surgery. The brain can do fascinating things. I hope yours learns as well. >> It is very much like when the sound on TV is out of sync. Guess I gotta >> train the brain. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > The brain can do fascinating things. I hope yours learns as well. Its really funny the things we think we know that aren't true. I haven't had directional sound in a very long time. But I'm seldom aware of it. And I've become so used to reading the captions on TV that I truly feel like I'm hearing what they are saying. To where it is a shock when I realize I can't understand one word in 10 without the captions, and that is with lip reading. The processor right now it set oddly. I can hear a lot of background that I've been missing forever. But speech is set low to keep that overriding tone tolerable. And I did hear music on TV today that was recognizable as music. Also when I first started to wear the processor today, I got that tone, and it continued for about five seconds even though I took the processor back off. So strange to be in a room with other people and know I'm hearing things that aren't really there. Jo Hi Jo -- I haven't been online for a few days, but I just wanted to add my best wishes that you continue to make progress with your implant. regards, Christine > >> It is very much like when the sound on TV is out of sync. Guess I gotta > >> train the brain. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > Jo > It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and > yes it works. I can hear things I haven't heard in years. That's the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jo YA-HOO! Great news, Jo. Glad to hear its working for you. I understand it takes a bit to get it tweaked optimally. Congratulations! Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe Lots of purrs and best wishes that the programming that they are still going to do is going to work really well, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > It been a very long day. They activated the cochlear implant today, and yes > it works. I can hear things I haven't heard in years. That's the good [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jo |
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