Cherri and I were standing outside a few evenings ago when she asked me, What's that sound? She doesn't ask that very often and I always get a kick out of it when she does.
I had to ask her to describe what she is hearing - dumb question, I know - but I am hearing so much that I have to help her weed out the extraneous stuff. After a few tries she described it as an intermittent/rhythmic sound. I told her to nod her head as she heard it. Nod nod nod... nod nod... nothing ... nod nod nod... nod nod... nothing. I pointed to the rooftop of the house diagonally across the street from us at a small bird that was calling out for only my punkin' to hear!
Not only was Cherri hearing a bird, she was hearing one that was some distance away and she did it with remarkable clarity! That's my punkin'!
More new stuff...
We finally got around to pulling out the gear so Cherri could 'jack in' with her iPod. With her implant comes the necessary gadgetry to allow her to plug her iPod directly into her brain! Well not exactly, but it sounds cool anyway.
With the external unit is an clip on earpiece that has a very tiny jack that, with the appropriate cabling, any device that has line out capabilities to be plugged right into her implant allowing her to hear recorded music, voices, etc..
Here she is enjoying her Huey Lewis and The News!
Cherri isn't bashful about saying that the music, like everything else, isn't quite there just yet. She can't make it all out and it has no depth. But her brain will continue to re-learn all the groovy stuff that she has been missing.
Patience is the watchword and time and practice will make things better. Cherri is doing a great job and her hearing tests indicate that things are progressing at a good pace. Keep her in your prayers as she needs all the help and patience that she can get.
