As some of you know, my hearing is for naught as in I am on the near side of deaf. The hearing has been going for some time but this year it seems to have taken flight to who knows where and left me behind. After some extensive testing, it turns out I qualify for cochlear implants and I am having my first one installed this afternoon. The processor won't be programmed until January and it will take some six months to learn to hear on the darn thing but the surgeon tells me when everything is done I will have near normal hearing. Once we have the one ear complete then we will do the other one.
My comprehension was down to 3% in one ear and 4% in the other without lip reading so my hearing was pretty bad. Post surgery goal is a minimum of 70% and they said 90% was likely so I'm pretty stoked. I have not heard birds sing in a couple of decades and that's the one thing I'm really looking forward to. That and I have a 7 year old grand daughter I've never figured out what that little blondie is saying. Maybe now I will be able to.
Anyway, that's what is planned for my day today. See you in the funny papers.
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