Hello everyone!
Been three days since my last post.
Thursday was my long day - had three classes all afternoon/evening. Tested out my cochlear implant from 12:30 to around 9:30. Needed a break by the time it hit 9:30. I'll explain why :-) It was weird to hear the male teacher's voice because as I've said before, I had lost all the high-pitched sounds so now when I hear males' voices, I can hear some high pitches. I've noticed my teacher says "umm" a lot and it's not annoying, but it's definitely something worth noting. I had a break from 2:45 to 4 because my teacher wasn't feeling so well. So I hung out with my boyfriend before class - we tend to meet up during my break. We were at Sierra Center - which is known for food and studying. The second floor can have a lot of group meetings for studying and unfortunately, I was there when there was a group of females with one or two males. They laughed and talked too loud for my taste. Or perhaps, it was because I'm so aware of everything, it is loud to me, but not others.
I decided to go to the deaf awards and scholarships ceremony where I was presented an award for "Outstanding Tutorial Service". I could hear the voice interpreters speaking for whoever was signing. The female voice interpreter was very clear, but I couldn't quite understand the male. Anywho, went to my class that's from 4 - 6:45. That's the teacher that talks really fast. And I figured out this - when I'm in an one-on-one meeting with her, I can lip-read and understand her voice quite well, but when she lectures to a classroom full of students, nope. Not so clear. Not impossible, but near impossible.
Friday - I went to Best Buy with my boyfriend. He said my name once and at a good sound level - I turned my head right away. He said that before my revision surgery, he would have had to say my name a few times before I caught it. I'm pretty proud of that.
Now, here's a mixture of Friday and Saturday because of one reason. Phone calls! I called my mom up on Friday and I was able to successfully chat with her on the phone. 95% of the time, I understood what she was saying!! Yay!! Today, Saturday, my dad called me up. I was confused about why he was calling me, but then he explained he wanted to see if I could understand him on the phone and wanted an update. Well, needless to say, I understood him pretty well too! I would say 95% as well. I'm so happy! This is really working out well for me. And I know that if I repeat what they say to me, to make sure I understand, is the best thing I could do right now so I don't misunderstand where the conversation is going. Pretty cool.
I'm taking another break from having my cochlear implant on because I got too annoyed with the car noises and birds chirping outside... Hehe. Who knew I'd be annoyed by those so easily? I'll get used to that eventually :-)
