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

We just got back from vacation - eleven days in France, during which I didn't do any of my normal listening - no TV while on the treadmill, no meetings at work (oh, sob) - lots of talking to my husband but not so much with other people. Except you do, of course.  We talked to people in restaurants and in museums.  And neither of us speaks French, but I heard enough even in a week and a half to start putting some credence in the immersion method of learning a language.  On the way back I went into the restroom at the airport and a woman came out of a stall and turned to me and said something.  It took a minute to sink in but I actually realized that she was telling me that the stall was out of paper. Pretty cool for me.  I'd bet anything, a year ago I wouldn't even have heard her, let alone understood and certainly not understood in French.   And now I'm back home, have worked a couple of days.  Today I went out to run some errands (actually ...

I'm within a week of being one year from my first activation.  I'm also very close to being six months from my second one.  The second CI complicated things.  Having two makes your brain start over with rehab, and it's kind of frustrated doing the same thing twice in the same year.   But you know, it works.  So yesterday I had the last of my scheduled audiology appointments - from now on I have to request an appointment when I want one.  I'll probably go in later this summer, and soon I'll be just checking in annually. But yesterday we did some testing, and I learned what I already knew:  that despite the frustration and the imperfect sound, things are going really well.  So to recap my last hearing test and add yesterday's results, I give you this:   Prior to implantation, with two hearing aids:          19% comprehension Three months after right side implanted:      ...