The Weekend

Saturday, August 25th, 2018

I went to dinner with a couple of friends and we were going to see a play called, Silent No More at the Goodman Theatre. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it. It was so inspiring and I found that I could relate to so many of the panelists. It is a collection of inspiring life stories by individuals with hearing loss.

Two things I want to mention: my friends and I were walking down to the Goodman Theatre on a beautiful day and I was in the middle of my two friends and I realized wow!! I realized how great it was that I could hear from both sides of my ears. It has always been a struggle when someone is on my left ear and I could not hear them. Now I can!

The second thing I want to say is that I am so glad that I attended Silent No More. It reminded me of own journey with my first cochlear implant and the panelists stories inspired me to be patient and to be strong once more. Attending events like this reminds me that I am not alone in my journey.

Sunday, August 26th, 2018

Nothing remarkable happened to me on this day.

However, I was watching TV at night-almost about to go to bed when my battery in my right ear died. I kept watching the TV with my left ear(the newly implanted one) for auditory experience. It sounded very echoey. I was getting frustrated and wanted so much to have the speech be more clearer. I can tell someone is speaking on the show and when someone is done speaking. I just have to remind myself that it will get better and the brain needs time to process sounds it has not heard in 38 years.

I will be going back to work Wednesday, August 29th . Teachers have meetings Wednesday to Friday. It will be interesting to see how I will hear in the meetings. I hope to use the new FORWARD FOCUS application on the iphone app. This will allow me to focus more on the speaker's voice and drown out the noises behind me.

I ll keep you posted!!