Long Overdue Update!

This update is so long overdue! I apologize! I have really been wanting to update, but just finding the time and energy has been challenging! Been so busy lately... 

Anyhow... on 6/10/2010, Mandy and I did my two month optimization of my Nucleus 5, and I am now at 82%!

Mandy and I... Love her!

 I have improved from 52% at week 1 to 82% at month 2! I am so so excited for my new ear as it has been a super star working with my old Freedom! I really couldn't be any more pleased. My old ear gets 86%, however 82% and 86% have no statistical significance in terms of difference.

So for the techies out there... I created a grid of my scores...

Some abbreviations that I created in order to make the graph a bit more concise...

AS: left ear only

ASci: left with cochlear implant

ASha: left with hearing aid 

ADci: right with cochlear implant

AUci+ha: CI with hearing aid before surgery

AUci+ci: Both ears with cochlear implants:

Now onto the scores (the graph may get caught off or be small so click on it to get the full image):

 

Hamilton CapTel

I've been hearing about this iPhone App called Hamilton CapTel. This is basically a real-time captioning application for your telephone conversations. You download the app, set up an account, and enter the number you want dialed. The operator on the other end calls you, and calls the number you wanted. The person you want to talk to is then connected to your cell phone so you can talk directly to each other, but the operator will caption what that person is saying. I tried it out tonite with Jason, it's pretty cool. The captioning is delayed which you must expect. However, it's really nice to have that support if you feel you miss a word because the captioning is there. I think I "may" use it if only I felt comfortable telling the person I was using CapTel and that they would have to be patient with me. It's a great app though to have. Here is an article a friend sent to me about this exact application (Thanks Nic!) Hamilton Captel

This is the opening screen shot of the application, you can see the website below and find out more info...

This next screen shot is when I called Jason asking him if he wanted to watch "The Bachelorette" with me ;-)