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Clear Voice by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness People often ask and want to understand how I hear with my cochlear implant. When trying to help others understand, I and other CI users have described pictures. For insta ... Read on »

Thankful for Health and Hearing by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness There were some rough patches for our family during the 2011 holiday season which served to enlarge our blessings with the contrast of getting through some moments to cele ... Read on »

Subtle changes...mean a lot to me. by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness In my previous post, I wrote about my recent mapping and the fact that it had been almost two years since my last mapping. There I described some of the changes that were ... Read on »

Still Changing and Learning for Better Hearing by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness After a long stretch of not being mapped, I worked with a new audiologist to map my cochlear implant hearing. Since it was his first time working with me, we did word reco ... Read on »

Ten Years Ago by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Ten years ago today I was healing from my first cochlear implant surgery and waiting for my activation day. I was recovered enough to go back to work and since my job did ... Read on »

Silver Wings by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness While driving home from work today, I was listening to a CD that I put together a couple of years ago with a variety of songs on it. About ten minutes into my 40 minute comm ... Read on »

Getting off the Roller Coaster by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Something wonderful happens to people after they have had their cochlear implants for a while. They get on with life! As a late-deafened adult and cochlear imp ... Read on »

Jonathan's Cochlear Implant Activation 8 mo., Rt Ear cont'd by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I love watching this little guy's reaction to his activation. It is so moving. Read on »

I Can't Hear You by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I am the oldest of five. For the most part, my siblings and I share similar political beliefs. Unfortunately, our parents seem to feel quite the opposite, so if we happen ... Read on »

HLAA by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I have been thinking about this for awhile and I finally decided to go to the HLAA Convention in Milwaukee in June. I have never been to one before and I'm really looking fo ... Read on »

Video Overview by Glenice S. Patient Expert

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A Book Review - "Wired for Sound" by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I recently finished reading Wired for Sound: a journey into hearing by Beverly Biderman. Beverly writes about her personal experiences as a person with severe to profound he ... Read on »

Morning Light by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness From the silence of my night I wake to morning light I don’t begin to hear Till my CI is on my ear I sleep without sound I can’t hear a barking hound So my days begin ... Read on »

Frosted Day by Glenice S. Patient Expert

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Fast Talkers by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I know that I’m fortunate that I am a cochlear implant user that can use the phone and is no longer afraid to answer it. I really do as well as most hearing people. Today ... Read on »

Ski Boots by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It was a lot of fun skiing last Wednesday. The temperatures were great, not too cold or too warm so you weren’t sweating in your ski gear. I hadn’t been ... Read on »

Trusting My Ears by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We had our piano tuned in November. When the girls come home, they enjoy playing some of their favorite songs as well as Christmas music and complain if the piano hasn’t bee ... Read on »

Beautiful Blogger Award by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Beautiful Blogger Award & Nominations! Speak Up Librarian nominated me for this award and I am honored. Thank you Speak Up Librarian. Now here's my jo ... Read on »

Christmas Preparations by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The Christmas lights keep blowing fuses The house is a dusty mess Even if I’m weary I will not take any rest I must power clean and decorate The house is waiting for ... Read on »

Thanksgiving by Glenice S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I have been trying for several days to put into words The thankfulness I feel, for all that I have heard The words keep escaping me They never seem enough So it ... Read on »

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