I’m Glad I am Deaf

January 20th, 2009 at 5:47 pm . Posted in About Being Deaf .

I came to work hoping we’d get to see the inauguration on TV. Some people were in the boardroom watching it with the projector and we couldn’t get the closed captioning to work. I didn’t want to be around people at the time so I went back to my desk and watched a live video I found with closed captioning but it jagged every once a while. Better than nothing. President Obama gave a really good speech and I was impressed!

cochlear implant

A few days ago I’ve decided to wear my cochlear implant everyday to work because I don’t know if it’s me but I’m not understanding anyone anymore especially when they’re talking softly and quietly. This morning using my cochlear implant triggered my crankiness..unforunately. I didn’t like hearing the constant noise of people typing on the computer and these ladies yapping & laughing so loud. So I took my cochlear implant off. I need to learn how to be more patience but it drives me up the wall especially when I don’t know how to simply “ignore” sound like hearing people can. When I hear an ambulance outside I look around and everyone’s still working like they didn’t hear a thing. I love my hearing aid to death because it leaves out the very detailed and background noises. But my hearing aid’s falling apart… I’ve had it since I was in elementary school (mind you, not the ear mold). Patience is a virtue!

There are 5 comments to this post.
amialag said... Jan 20, 2009 @ 6:27 pm

yesterday i was sitting in my room and i heard this odd noise that i hadn’t noticed before and it was SO loud. it was my roommate’s dog scratching herself. and then today in class, i gave my interpreter a puzzled look when i heard something, she said someone was blowing their noise and it was loud! it’s cool to notice the different things with the harmony but i get what you mean about how its soooo annoying at the same time lol

sara said... Jan 20, 2009 @ 7:06 pm

I know what you mean about wearing the CI at work. Last summer while I was on co-op, I would turn it off sometimes especially while I was focused on something, but if someone came up to talk to me, I would turn it on. It’s an idea you could try. :]

amialag said... Jan 20, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

that’s what i don’t like about clarion. can’t turn it off. have to take it off, unplug the battery to conserve it and put it somewhere then pray you don’t lose it. already lost one when it stuck to my keys in my purse.

Elizabeth said... Feb 15, 2009 @ 9:03 pm

Great blog! I hope you’ll consider adding it to the aggregator at Deaf Village (www.deafvillage.com) — we’d love to have you as part of our community!

Karen said... Dec 30, 2009 @ 1:31 pm

This is an old post but I was just browsing your blog and I wanted to comment on this one. I have no problem tuning out background noises when I am focused on work. I will even sometimes not realize that a person is talking to me when I do that. But what I have a hard time doing is tuning out background noise at a bar for example, in order to focus on a conversation. I am not deaf, but apparently my hearing is not that good (though it is still in an acceptable range) (or so my ENT says).
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that even people who can hear just fine are not always that good at tuning out background noise. And, not having a clue about what I’m saying but seeing as you haven’t have the cochlear implant for that long (in relation to how old you are), maybe things will get better and you will learn to ignore sounds that are irrelevant. Do you know if that will happen?

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