What matters deafness of the ears, when the mind hears?

November 19, 2006

What’s that you said?

Filed under: Technology, General

Hiatus over! (I hope!)

A deaf blogger’s experience of going from analog to digital aids, as what I did over the past 2 years for both my ears.

Another I-can-so-relate post!

I read the blogs by people who just got cochlear implants, and much of what they’ll write about is hearing this sound or understanding that. One of them described how she could hear the sound of scotch tape being ripped off the dispenser by someone else in the room. I can hear that kind of thing with a good pair of HA, but I just find it annoying. I really don’t care about noises in general; for me sound is strictly functional — I want to hear what people are saying. Most other noises simply irritate me. That’s why I don’t wear them much when no one else is around or when I’m just walking around by myself.

Read on…

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