- A blog about hearingI don’t pretend having important insights into human hearing. I have certainly not done any scientific or sociological research in the area. I have no more medical knowledge than any …
- The Early Days…
My early days of hearing, before I started to have any real problems… - The Mystery of a New Disease
I was finishing up my graduate studies. My dissertation was 98% typed up; I had returned the rented electronic typewriter. (Yes, this was in the days before electronic word processing.) … - A First Diagnosis
Health care for students at large, urban universities is almost a joy. Top doctors using state of the art equipment provide rapid service at no cost to the students. The … - A First Hearing Aid
My youthful optimism might have been somewhat tarnished by my first encounter with significant auditory problems. But, I was still largely functional. I don’t remember that period as being one … - The Stapedectomy
In September I moved to the town with the university where I took up my post-doctoral fellowship. I had a light teaching load, in addition to time for my research. … - A Series of Hearing Aids
I entered a period of several decades characterized by gradual loss of more hearing and punctual increase in the power of my hearing aids. My earliest hearing aids were analogical … - You’re still young!
My level of comprehension had been decreasing noticeably for at least a year. I was completely deaf in my right ear and wholly dependent on my top-of-the-line hearing aid in … - A bionic ear
My two criteria for a new solution to help my hearing and comprehension were met: probable significant improvement little risk of balance and vertigo problems There was a third requirement, … - Starting RehabilitationHome from the hospital with a device implanted in my head and a bandage covering my right ear. As with any wound or incision, the advice was to keep it …
- Like Learning a Language
Most of us probably cannot remember when we were one or two years old, first learning to speak. In my mind, learning to hear and comprehend via a cochlear implant … - Choosing a Surgeon
About selecting a surgeon
Image credits:
Syringe: By Photography by User: MrX, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23193793
Typewriter: By Isipeoria – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16296017
Tuning fork: By Helihark – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18686251.
In the ear hearing aid: downloaded from Phonak.com.
Behind the ear hearing aid: downloaded from Phonak.com.
Stapes prosthesis: by Student30 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60089724.
Semi-circular canals and cochlea: by Canaux_osseux.png: Jos̩ Bragaderivative work: Ortisa (talk) РCanaux_osseux.png, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10484227.
Cochlear processor: downloaded from cochlear.com