Re: Cochlear Implant
Thanks TessA - I love stories like that.
I was recently told about a little girl locally who was born deaf too and had a Cochlear Implant and it's changed her life completely - that must have been one amazing "switch-on" for her!
Big week for me next week - my Pre-Operation Assessment with the surgical team in Oxford on Thursday 26th May then a week or so later our week in Menorca then a week later - the operation itself.
It just can't happen soon enough for me now as my hearing's still going down and now it's going quicker, or it seems so to me.
I've had several of the strange moments recently when
everything goes silent,
with my aids on, and I don't know why that happens but it's such a sudden and complete silence that for about 40 seconds I'm like a fish out of water.
The first thing I think of is "Batteries gone" but then I realise they haven't - it's me and I think "this is it then" - quite frightening in some ways.
Not long now and I'll come on her while I am quarantined at home to avoid possible infections, (two weeks!) and tell you all about it then, when I get the "switch-on" I'll tell you about that too - that's going to be amazing!! stevmk2