Voices

I didn’t have my auditory rehab session with Jennifer2 last week, because she wasn’t there. I also postponed my mapping with Jennifer1 until this Wed. I DID have another couple of practice sessions – with my parents on Wed. And with Pattie and Chris on Thurs.

I’m not noticing much difference in my comprehension abilities – but another amazing thing happened! While listening to Mom and Dad talk back and forth, I realized I can hear a TINY HINT of what I remember their voices USED to sound like! It’s above the usual low-toned distorted voice – and so tiny that I can’t even be sure it’s not just my brain teasing me with a memory of their natural voices! I even thought maybe my right ear might be hearing them, so I turned off my CI and listened again – but, no, I couldn’t hear a thing, so it MUST be my CI! :O) ... I also noticed that Pattie’s and Chris’ voices sound different – I can tell when each is speaking because Chris’ voice has a more noticeably lower tone than Pattie’s (as with Mom’s and Dad’s). In fact, now – if I know whether the person talking is male or female – I can hear the lower tones of the male vs. the higher tones of the female! :O) ... Same with singing voices, although they’re still more difficult. ... Donald Duck’s voice has become extremely minimal when I’m listening to individuals, although he’s a bit more prominent, yet, when I’m listening to a recording or a group ... it seems the more complicated the voice(s), the more I still hear Donald’s on top of the low tones! :O)

I re-discovered Jenda’s meow quite by accident the other day! I had been turning the sensitivity level up while at home to hear her, reasoning that it would need to be up in order to pick up her quiet voice – but I was still having to put my head right down next to her in order to hear her! It was frustrating, because I could hear her better with my hearing aid! :O/ ... Well, at Mass I’ve been turning the sensitivity level way down, and that day I forgot to turn it up again when I got home. I was only home for a little while when I looked down and Jenda was standing on the floor below me (I’m also standing), looking up at me – and she opens her cute little mouth and I hear quite clearly a "M-YOW!" ... I was SO tickled! :O) ... So now I always keep the sensitivity turned DOWN while I’m home! :O)

This Wed. I will have my mapping session with Jennifer1, and Fri. will have my auditory rehab with Jennifer2 – so, I’ll most likely be writing something in here about them by Thurs. and Sat.