Tip of the Iceberg!
I went to Salt Lake City, last week to attend the ALDA con! This is an organization for late deafened adults and they have a yearly convention in different cities. I had a great time and got to see a lot of friends! ALDA stands for Association of Late Deafened Adults, and you can do a search and join them if you want! A great group that has local chapters all over the country. Very supportive!
I attended the Advance Bionics CI workshop given by a clinical specialist. These workshops are basically for CI candidates that want more information. I also attended the Cochlear Corporation workshop..see what the other guys were up to! They all attended the AB workshop and were scribbling notes like crazy.....guess they were given a lot of information they didn't expect!
I pretty much knew what the AB clinical specialist was going to present...seeing that I am actually wearing the new goods!! He had one thing to say that had me smiling! Seems the 120 channel software that I am using is just "the tip of the iceberg" and there is a possibility that we might have thousands of channels to look forward to!!! Woo Hoo!!! Where do I sign up? One day at a time of course...but this is very exciting...we are getting closer and closer to experiencing the best hearing possible with a CI...and then some!!
Meanwhile...went out of town today and took all my driving CD's with me to keep me company for the two hour drive. I think I will have to buy a new car with a 6 CD changer! It's just so hard to decide what to listen to...did I want to drive with the Beatles? I settled down with Bob Marley and Patty Page...and some instrumental "relaxing" music to get me through the LA area rush hour. I used to NEVER drive down that way with no hearing.....just too stressful.
Getting a CI takes some adjusting to...remember what I have now is the result of hard work and excellent technology....music didn't sound this good at first! I wonder if the new people starting out with the virtual technology ( 120 channel software+) will hear music better from the get go? Probably...makes sense they would!
