[Vipper]

I’m anxious to see how your aids work for you. Please keep us posted.

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They put a sample pair on for over an hour today. At first the echo from my own voice was horrible, she adjusted them and it was fine. I could actually hear my daughter next to me and the doctor across the desk without a problem. I was like WOW! She crinkled some paper and she said that should be really loud I said no, so she adjusted again and it was. She said the first time I flush a toilet it will sound like Niagra Falls to me, but I will get use to it in 3 or 4 weeks as it’s actually normal hearing.

[Rusty0604]

That must be so wonderful to hear again, as it is to see again.

[STARLIT]

If I'm thinking this correctly...the big change is learning to filter sound...and to discriminate but mostly how to learn to focus sound differently. You'll have to learn hearing again. Before you took in all sound and processed it. Now you'll have to process a loud sound and then move on to the next sound. It won't be easy at first to move on and not dwell on the loud sound. Let me think about this. Rush always said his hardest time hearing is a large room with many sounds.

Seems like you'll have to learn how to re-focus. As in barriers all around but ignoring them to a certain degree...and then sharping your senses to language. It will take some time but actually after a while you'll be able to use the different sounds to your advantage.

In normal hearing we discriminate all the time without the super hearing..you can do it Vipper. Patience with the goal in mind.