tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post8080764695397387108..comments2023-10-21T11:35:09.795-03:00Comments on hearing/loss: Hi, Johnathan!ronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-31383508548041011982010-12-02T21:58:47.400-04:002010-12-02T21:58:47.400-04:00ME, it's interesting that you mention birds......ME, it's interesting that you mention birds... that was the first sound that I heard after getting activated that sounded immediately "right". I wonder if it's the frequency or something??ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-2601471031205771352010-11-18T20:56:58.551-04:002010-11-18T20:56:58.551-04:00After my own experience getting implanted and lear...After my own experience getting implanted and learning to "hear" again, it makes PERFECT sense to me to implant babies as young as possible. Nothing I heard after turn-on sounded like anything I remembered--except the birds outside the hospital. It's not a process of hearing and remembering but of developing new neurons. The look on the baby's face says it all--he is engaged in Xtreme Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536661018563937509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-78354581957564466312010-11-15T20:39:30.285-04:002010-11-15T20:39:30.285-04:00Yes, Carl, that was quite a day. I cried. Husband ...Yes, Carl, that was <a href="http://hearingloss.blogspot.com/2005/04/turning-damned-thing-on-or-what-kind.html" rel="nofollow">quite a day</a>. I cried. Husband cried. The audiologist cried. She told us <i>everybody</i> cries.<br /><br />Except babies and little kids. They don't cry because they don't know yet what they are about to be given. And for some of us, given <i>back</i> after ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-20622513826435814572010-11-15T07:59:29.957-04:002010-11-15T07:59:29.957-04:00I still remember reading your account here of your...I still remember reading your account here of your own implant being turned on. I imagine you had a pretty good grin going yourself.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674198657010416085noreply@blogger.com