Monday Nov 15th is when I got my 20 staples removed. There were 2 staples at the bottom of my ear that was driving me nuts because it was so itchy. It was just ready to go!
Dr. Chen removed the staples and it felt sooo good. There are couple of spots that are still tender. Keep it clean with hydrogen peroxide and apply Polysporin and you should be fine. Dr. Chen says that I did a good job keeping it clean and well looked after.
Hard to believe that this was done 10 days ago. I have been lucky to heal so quickly.
I also went to see my audiologist, Suzanne because I was having issues with my first implant shutting on and off for few seconds. Gave me a bit of a scare because I thought something might have gotten damaged while I was in surgery. She checked both the implant and the processor and everything seem okay. She thinks while I was in surgery the implant area might have gotten bumped and there was a bit of swelling. But who knows, it’s working and that what matters.
The best part of this short visit is that she realized that I did not have the new added feature called ClearVoice. ClearVoice is designed to automatically analyze and adapt to each listening situation that you encounter throughout the day, separating the distracting noises from what you want to hear most—speech. What that means is when I am in a room with an air conditioner that is constantly running, my processor will know that is the distracting noice and will quiet down that noise and I can hear the person speaking to me. So cool. Another example, in a car with the wheels making the constant noise while driving, it will quiet that noise and I can hear my MJ music with enjoyment. J
I have known about this feature about a year ago and it was being tested and used in the European countries and was coming to North America. I was so looking forward getting ClearVoice when it became available to us North Americans. I asked, “how long did you have this feature?”, she said “for about a year”. I am like “you mean I could have had it then?” “Yes….” “Wow man, I really needed that during the summer, the noisy AC at work was just about to send me up the freaking wall”. LOL Anyhoo, I am so happy to have ClearVoice now.
I do know what part of the test group I am in now, when I go back Dec 8th to get my new implant activated. They are going to take my first processor away from me for four weeks. This means I am going to be re-learning to hear from my left ear that completely quit working August 2003, but that's another story. Seven years of not hearing from the left ear is going to be quite the experience and I can’t wait!!
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