Living with a Cochlear Implant

Well, I have finally worked my way around an AOL problem that was  not letting me connect to my blog site!!  Sorry for the delays...been driving me absolutely bonkers!   I am using IE now.

I was very patiently waiting for Americal Idol to start up again so I could check it out in real time with my 120 channels and the BOSE headphones!  Whew!!   Wow!!! 

It's hard to stay grounded when your feet are off the ground!   I am hearing this very very well and it is better than last year!   The contestants are better this year....but that is not what I mean.  I hear MORE this year!! 

Wednesday night Gideon started off the show with "When a Man loves a Woman" and I was about to die from it!  That song is a favorite of mine!  This kid is only 17...but he has a voice that is going to charm the ladies for decades to come!   He got booted last night...it was sad and I am going to miss him.

I agreed with the judges about who was going to get the "AX"...I did not think Gideon should have been booted...I think Bucky the cowboy checked his personality at the door and is still looking for it! 

All the singers are charming me to death and this year I am just so into their voices that I can't even vote.    Just what is the difference between listening with 120 channels and listening with 16 channels? 

It's hard to explain, but I will try.  The whole experience with 120 channels is fuller and grander in scale.  To put it into a visual perspective....trying to make it easier to visualize...maybe this will help.  Let's say you love Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night" and want to hang it on your wall.  Most of us are happy to have a poster and are satisfied with that type of thing.  But what if we went to Paris and saw it hanging in a museum...the real deal, and were just awe struck with it?  Would you still be satisfied with a run of the mill poster on the wall?  Probably not!  At the very least you would want something with more fire and more true to life than a drab poster.  Maybe a very well done copy on canvas...something with some depth and texture to it! 

There is more depth and range with the 120 channel programming.  It's fuller and rings truer to memory.  I have been using it for awhile and am feeling very spoiled and pampered with it.  Listening to the car radio is easier...it just is easier all around in all areas.  There is more to enjoy and it brings home to me how far we have come with our hearing.  I will not be taking it for granted!