This week has been interesting trying to adjust to the cochlear implant. I feel like I want to jump out of my skin half the time people talk to me. It's so loud and I hear everything, even if I'm not sure what it is. I've noticed that my implant doesn't like to give me the "I" sounds...instead it sounds like "E's"...for example...
Principle sounds like Preenseeble.
Sterile sounds like Steeeerile
Remember sounds like Wee-member
Pillow sounds like Peeelow
Christina sounds like Creestina
Right now those kinds of words are annoying for me to listen to but I'm hoping that if I listen to it more and more it'll eventually sounds like it should. I've considered myself lucky to understand this much already and surprisingly I had my first phone call a few days ago. I still need a lot of work but it was nice to be able to speak for myself.
After I turned my implant on I realized that I hate listening to myself talk. It's sounds so different still and I don't even comprehend that it's me speaking half the time. However, what's really weird is that I don't mind hearing myself sing. Maybe blending tones is easier on my ears than having to take electrical impulses for every word I hear. I still experience twitching on a daily basis, but I'm learning that the lower I have the volume, the less I twitch.
I'm tempted to take piano lessons. I love that I can hear the different keys on different instruments. I think it would be fun to learn to play and get back into music.
Well I've managed to successfully sit on a couch for an entire weekend. Guess I should get up, stretch, then sit back down and to prepare for a busy week of patient preps for clinical, papers, and study for the upcoming exam. This is why I need a dog....I need something to force me to move around more and get exercise for once.
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