Auditory Rehab Session #1
My first auditory rehab session was a little scary, but fun! Jennifer2 is really nice – I’m going to enjoy working with her! We talked about how I’ve been doing, and I briefed her a little bit about the things I’ve mentioned here – and also asked her about the accessory microphone. Sure enough, she said she’d spoken with Jennifer1, and Jennifer1 DOES have it set so when I’m using the accessory mic, I’m getting 50% input from it and 50% input from my headpiece mic! So, that’s good! :O)
All of the activities Jennifer2 did with me, she spoke from behind the ring so I could not see her face (unless it was to give me instructions or clues!). Our first activity was with the letter sounds: Mm, Ah, Oo, ee, sh, s. I was able to identify 4/6 – the s/sh are the most difficult, but I figured out that "sh" has a slightly lower tone than "s", so hopefully I’ll do better next time around! :O)
Next, she spoke some common, everyday, conversational sentences to me, and I was to repeat them to her (and give her my answer if it was a question!). I was able to identify 39/41 words without any repetition! Then she read me a paragraph (without telling me the topic, first), and I was to answer questions about it. Although I needed some repetition for the paragraph, I was able to accurately answer all of the questions! The most difficult activity came next: Jennifer2 pronounced random 1-syllable words, which I was to repeat. I was able to get 3/15 without any repetition, and 8/15 with just one repetition.
Last but not least – and scariest of all – Jennifer2 went to another room and called me on the telephone! I carefully put the receiver up over my headpiece mic ... afraid all the while that I would get the high-pitched feedback like with my HA’s – but it never happened! She randomly pronounced the numbers 1-10, which I was to say back to her. I got them all – only needing to have her repeat two of them – plus "hello" and "goodbye" (she said a few other things I DIDN’T catch, though)! :O)
She gave me a list of the activities we did and the words she used – and my results for today. I can use these when I practice with my friend from church and whoever else I can talk into helping me! :O) ... I won’t see Jennifer2 next Fri, as she won’t be there – but I’m set for my next session with her the following Fri. This weekend I’ll listen to my books on tape/cd from the library and try out the phonics CD-ROMs and the Beethoven piano cd. ... Speaking of which, I’ve discovered that if I know whether it’s a man or a woman singing, I can distinguish the slightly higher pitch of the female’s voice vs. the slightly lower pitch of the male’s voice, now! And songs that are familiar to me sound a little smoother and I can distinguish more fluctuations in tone than songs which I’m not familiar with ... slower music is a bit easier to distinguish than faster music.
So, I’m pretty happy with how the rehab session went. I think it gave a little bit better representation of how I do in the real world – although it was still in a small room with no background noise or other distractions. I’m sure that will come later! :O)
All of the activities Jennifer2 did with me, she spoke from behind the ring so I could not see her face (unless it was to give me instructions or clues!). Our first activity was with the letter sounds: Mm, Ah, Oo, ee, sh, s. I was able to identify 4/6 – the s/sh are the most difficult, but I figured out that "sh" has a slightly lower tone than "s", so hopefully I’ll do better next time around! :O)
Next, she spoke some common, everyday, conversational sentences to me, and I was to repeat them to her (and give her my answer if it was a question!). I was able to identify 39/41 words without any repetition! Then she read me a paragraph (without telling me the topic, first), and I was to answer questions about it. Although I needed some repetition for the paragraph, I was able to accurately answer all of the questions! The most difficult activity came next: Jennifer2 pronounced random 1-syllable words, which I was to repeat. I was able to get 3/15 without any repetition, and 8/15 with just one repetition.
Last but not least – and scariest of all – Jennifer2 went to another room and called me on the telephone! I carefully put the receiver up over my headpiece mic ... afraid all the while that I would get the high-pitched feedback like with my HA’s – but it never happened! She randomly pronounced the numbers 1-10, which I was to say back to her. I got them all – only needing to have her repeat two of them – plus "hello" and "goodbye" (she said a few other things I DIDN’T catch, though)! :O)
She gave me a list of the activities we did and the words she used – and my results for today. I can use these when I practice with my friend from church and whoever else I can talk into helping me! :O) ... I won’t see Jennifer2 next Fri, as she won’t be there – but I’m set for my next session with her the following Fri. This weekend I’ll listen to my books on tape/cd from the library and try out the phonics CD-ROMs and the Beethoven piano cd. ... Speaking of which, I’ve discovered that if I know whether it’s a man or a woman singing, I can distinguish the slightly higher pitch of the female’s voice vs. the slightly lower pitch of the male’s voice, now! And songs that are familiar to me sound a little smoother and I can distinguish more fluctuations in tone than songs which I’m not familiar with ... slower music is a bit easier to distinguish than faster music.
So, I’m pretty happy with how the rehab session went. I think it gave a little bit better representation of how I do in the real world – although it was still in a small room with no background noise or other distractions. I’m sure that will come later! :O)
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