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Surgery by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness My experiences with the Cochlear's Nucleus Freedom cochlear implant http://www.cochlear.com/Products/587.asp and the one I received 17 months ago for my other ear is the same ... Read on »
My Story by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness My name is Robert Dobson, I have severe – profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears. My main form of communication is oral with very basic knowledge of sign langu ... Read on »
November 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I did a 100 km bike ride for a good cause - Amy's ride - 100 km mission completed despite rear puncture in searing heat and never drank so much flapping powerade Read on »
November 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I did a 100 km bike ride for a good cause - Amy's ride - 100 km mission completed despite rear puncture in searing heat and never drank so much flapping powerade Read on »
November 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I did a 100 km bike ride for a good cause - Amy's ride - 100 km mission completed despite rear puncture in searing heat and never drank so much flapping powerade Today is spe ... Read on »
October 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Impressive new release of the cochlear implant system called Nucleus 5 http://www.cochlearamericas.com/nucleus5/ First thoughts The new Automatic Telecoil, Instead of manua ... Read on »
October 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Impressive new release of the cochlear implant system called Nucleus 5 http://www.cochlearamericas.com/nucleus5/ First thoughts The new Automatic Telecoil, Instead of manua ... Read on »
September 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I went on my first road bike ride - 20kms and felt comfortable with the bike helmet and no problems with the bilateral implants. I got myself like all others that have joined ... Read on »
September 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I went on my first road bike ride - 20kms and felt comfortable with the bike helmet and no problems with the bilateral implants. I got myself like all others that have joined ... Read on »
August 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Hearing Awareness Week 2009 - One in six Australians suffer from some form of hearing lossI have been looking for a road / race bike and one of the interesting things that str ... Read on »
August 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness new posts TBA soon - watch this space... Read on »
August 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Hearing Awareness Week 2009 - One in six Australians suffer from some form of hearing lossI have been looking for a road / race bike and one of the interesting things that str ... Read on »
July 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I thought it would be good idea to post a copy of my audiogram pre - cochlear implant. The area where it's shaded ( 0-20 dbSPL range ) i.e. is what I am hearing currently wit ... Read on »
July 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This month will be an important milestone as I will be soon celebrating two year's anniversary for the highly successful switch on on my left ear. I am nearly finished readin ... Read on »
July 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I thought it would be good idea to post a copy of my audiogram pre - cochlear implant. The area where it's shaded ( 0-20 dbSPL range ) i.e. is what I am hearing currently wit ... Read on »
June 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Woah what a day Friday 12/6/2009 More tweaking with the Threshold & Comfort levels and noticed minor changes in the higher freq's in both mappings, nothing major The CUNY ... Read on »
June 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I have an appointment Friday week for Mapping and check up, looking forward to see what progress has been made since the February Mappings. Read on »
June 2009 by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Woah what a day Friday 12/6/2009 More tweaking with the Threshold & Comfort levels and noticed minor changes in the higher freq's in both mappings, nothing major The CUNY ... Read on »
Bionic Wombat - Bilateral cochlear recipient by Rob D. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This blog covers all aspects of my journey with cochlear implants: the good, the bad, and the ugly. I am bluntly honest in my writings, and I don’t sugarcoat anything. I ... Read on »