Listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door, let's go

Well, jeez.  It's been over two weeks since I posted anything.  That feels like a long time, I guess I've grown used to publicly obsessing over the little details of becoming a ciborg.  Heh. I had an audiology appointment on December 19; we remapped the left side and let the right side stay where it is for now.  We also activated my NEW NEW NEW Rondo 2 processors; these are a different model, just released by Med-El - there's nothing behind the ear, the entire processor is over the implant magnet.  I've been excited to get those, and I think they're going to be great for at least some things.  There are some differences - among other things, they have only one microphone so there's no directional listening capability.  But as I have been in the habit of using the omnidirectional program with my behind-the ear processors, that itself isn't a big deal for me.   But I'll admit I've not been using them all that much.  They sound a little ...

For all the gratitude that I expressed in my last blog post, it's not been easy, starting over again, more or less, with the second CI.  The sound quality went back almost to what it was the first time - the better sound in the first CI couldn't overpower the poor sound in the new one.  Overall, it was better than the second one alone, but not as good as the first - even with the persistent echo. And that's just been how it is.  Each day I get up and put on both processors, and then when I leave for work I'd turn on the sound system in the car and pull the magnet off on the right side, to help with the rehab of the left.  And then when I get to work I use both again, till I get home and put the right one away so when I listen to my husband or the TV or anything else it's just that one, so it could start sounding better.  On weekends I sometimes used some of the aural rehab apps, but not much, because even with the second CI I can understand, it just doesn't so...