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Offline tippit

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Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« on: July 08, 2017, 08:53:00 AM »
It's been a long process...my cochlear implant was turned on yesterday.  It will take about 2 months to completely program it...but I can hear again!  I thought I was going to have to give up my hunting lease in Georgia as I couldn't hear the hogs in the palmettos but I'm good to go even with the initial program.  I'm supposed to increase the sound level every two days from the initial program.  I can hear things that I haven't heard in 20-30 years    :thumbsup:

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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2017, 08:59:00 AM »
That is fantastic!!!!
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2017, 09:03:00 AM »
Wonderful news!
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2017, 09:04:00 AM »
That's fabulous Jeff.  You've been on my mind of late - wondering how/if you were hearing yet.  Great news.
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2017, 09:05:00 AM »
Great news Jeff. Enjoy!!
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2017, 09:10:00 AM »
Really great news Jeff.  I know a lot of prayers went your way.
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2017, 09:20:00 AM »
That's awesome news.    :thumbsup:
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2017, 09:21:00 AM »
Awesome!

I have been hearing impaired since age 11.  My eyes are my ears.  I can't imagine what it is like to hear game approaching.  That doesn't keep me from the game tho....

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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2017, 09:36:00 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2017, 09:43:00 AM »
Good to hear... pun intended.

My brother has an implant.  But unfortunately due to his mental abilities,  his brain is unable to process the sounds he hears into words.
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2017, 09:44:00 AM »
:clapper:     :clapper:   Wait till you hear the hammer ring on your anvil. Such good news.
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2017, 10:20:00 AM »
Congratulations!!!!
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2017, 10:27:00 AM »
That's great news Jeff.
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2017, 10:47:00 AM »
Fantastic news. Praise the Lord!
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2017, 10:48:00 AM »
Wonderful!  Our adopted daughter was born deaf.  She was shuttled around in foster care for a few years after issues at home I won't go into.  She managed to graduate from college and earn a master's degree AFTER which she finally got the cochlear implants and was able to hear things she had never ever heard before--including her little daughter playing. What a blessing those devices are.

So happy for you.    :clapper:
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2017, 10:48:00 AM »
Very happy for you Jeff I have someone in our family with an implant also. It is a blessing for him.
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2017, 11:11:00 AM »
Wow!  That's wonderful news.

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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2017, 11:17:00 AM »
:clapper:    :clapper:
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2017, 11:53:00 AM »
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Re: Cochlear Implant Turned ON...I can Hear!
« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2017, 11:59:00 AM »
That is really good news. As I see it, there is only one down side to improved hearing, and it has to do with honey do lists. Congratulations on your great success!
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