Improving.. With flying colors!

I haven't updated this for a long time.. I'm so lazy! Anyway, what's with my hearing? Improving.. Really improving!

I just had 2 hearing tests yesterday (October 16) and I passed both hearing tests.. with flying colors! Dra. Chiong said my hearing level now is so great considering I have tumors in my brain.. It's so amazing!

Here is my Aided Hearing Test (in 3 parts)



my CI is low on battery that's why the sound i'm hearing is not so loud, i'm finding it hard to differentiate the sound from tinnitus that's why i also raise my hands even though there's no sound from the machine.. but i heard the sounds.. i passed!



and here's a video of dra. rina reyes-quintos talking about my hearing test result..




here the video of my other hearing test.. defining animal sounds.. i failed my definition of sound exam the last time.. but now, i got a score of 3 out of 4.. yey!




btw, thanks to Mr. Que, Mang Danny & Bunny.. i'm having sound therapy twice a week.. I'll talk about it next time.. :)

Defining Sound

Fail. I'm still not familiar with sounds..

5th Aided Hearing Test

4th Aided Hearing Test

Failed. Because I did the test after my maping.. I usually do it before my mapping, coz my brain isn't that stimulated yet right after adjusting the CI..

I passed the test but I failed the exam

I had my 5th Aided Hearing Test, Hearing exam (definition of sounds) & Mapping last Friday, April 17.. My aided hearing test rating went higher.. The volume of the sound was lower this time, but I could still hear it.. I was even kinda hesitant to raise my hand coz I'm not sure if it's starting already coz the sound was so soft yet I can hear it..

So I can really hear now..

But..

I'm still not familiar with the sounds.. Yes I can hear it, but I don't know what I'm hearing.. And so I failed my definition of sounds exam.. I could hear every sound that's being played though.. But it isn't enough.. anyway, that was just my 1st try.. Hopefully I'll get it on the 2nd on May 11.. My brain is continuously adapting to the environment.. Patience..

Here's my 5th Aided Hearing Test & My Definition of Sound Exam plus here's my 4th Aided Hearing Test w/c i forgot to post last February....

Btw, Because I'm already hearing now.. I think my balance has improved a little.. I think. Because I could now be left standing ALONE without holding on anything or anyone & I could just stand for minutes.. Basta I don't feel like falling.. I think my vertigo decreased. I'm not sure.. I haven't been back on my therapies because Phil. Orthopedic Center is still under renovation.. I'll be back in May.. And they assess me & my balance..

Hearing test. Hearing exam.

I haven't been updating this blog.. I'm so lazy! but I promise to update this tomorrow after my aided hearing test, mapping & hearing test, as in exam! Yes there is such thing as hearing exam.. Haha. It's a definition test, but I'll be defining what sound I'll hear.. If it's talking sound, dog barking, bell ringing, etc.

I'll ask my companions tomorrow to take a video of me while I'm doing the exam..

Wish me luck! :)

Soundtrip

My current status on my plurk is:

I'm listening to Twilight Movie soundtrack right now.. I can't understand it, but I can kinda define the beat, if it's slow, fast or loud.. ;) I can say if Bella's Lullaby is on.. Haha.

Louder..

from underkcat: 1st Wednesday of the month/year

It's the 1st Wednesday of the month yesterday.. So we went to Megamall for Fr. Joey Faller's healing mass.. I've been attending it since July 2007.. When I'm free every 1st Wednesday of the month, I make it to a point to attend Fr. Faller's healing mass.. I can't hear what's going on, though sometimes my mom states to me the important words Fr. Faller mentions during his homily.. I can't hear the mass.. But I'm praying with Fr. Faller.. I'm praying with everyone inside the chapel.. and he prays for me, for us.. Join forces ang lahat.. :)

A month and few days after my 1st healing mass with Fr. Faller, I got to stumble upon ABI (Auditory Brainstem Implant), a device which can make me hear again.. Kaaliw.. Ang bilis ng endorsement kay Lord! Haha. ;) I really want that ABI, but as always, God's will be done.. If it is for me, then it's for me.. But it's not.. Coz God wants something better for me.. The Cochlear Implant!

And now I got the COCHLEAR IMPLANT.. Though it's not fully paid yet and I'm still raising funds.. ;)

Anyway, my New Year was a blast.. as in a blast, literally.. Haha. ;P Coz I heard every sound of the very noisy firecrackers & even the music on our videoke party.. Yey! Yey!

But..

After New Year, there seem to be something wrong with my CI.. The sounds I'm hearing isn't defined anymore, just sounds.. and there's no music, just sound.. softer sound.. Even my voice is soft to me.. I don't like it.. Because those were not the sounds I got used to.. Hehe. ;P I even texted Ms. Kaye and told her what seems to be the problem.. She said that I should observe it well, and if it persists, she'll map my CI and re-program it..
The next day, it's still the same..

Until..

Wednesday, around 12noon (the mass starts at 12pm, and we came a bit late.. hehe).. I was on my place where all the people on wheels are.. ;) Then I heard a sound.. It's a talking sound.. It's Fr. Faller.. Then music.. It's offertory.. Music.. My CI is back to normal! I even made a low coughing sound so that I could hear my voice.. Haha! It's really back! My voice is the loudest of all the sounds I'm hearing.. My CI's Back! My CI's back! Woohoo!

After Fr. Faller touched & prayed over me..

tacK: pwedeng mag-comment.. (Hahaha!)

and then I told them what happened during the mass..

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after the mass, we passed by this man at the atrium..

...and I heard the music!

MUSIC

Before 2008 left, the year gave me a very nice farewell gift..

We had a Videoke Party at our place on December 31 til New Year.. An hour before 12am, I noticed that I'm hearing something different.. So I moved closer to the tv and put my ears in front of the speaker.. MUSIC! I'm hearing music! I don't understand it and it's soft, but it's music! Not just sounds.. but music!!!! I was so happy I hurriedly called my mom.. I even texted my doctor & audiologist to give the good news, wish them happy new year & thank them.. I didn't understand a thing, but I know it's music! I can differiantaite music from sound.. Woohoo! I'm super super happy! I kept on listening in front of the speaker the whole time.. Haha!

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

3rd Aided Hearing Test

December 18, 2008
PGH - Ear Unit



My hearing level is now included on the SPEECH BANANA.. yey! That means I can really really hear already and it'll be clearer very soon.. I also need to practice reading aloud so that my brain would be familiarized with the sounds of every word..