My Oct. 31st appointment was so successful that I did not have to go for my month mapping. Heidi has tweeked my hearing aid, although that is still hard to get used to. I have different hearing in each ear, which at times is annoying to put it plainly. If it is too much, I take it out and only use cochlear. Even though hearing is different, it is much less annoying and easier to deal with. I am not as stressed. Hearing is taking some time to adjust to. I hear better at beginning of day then towards the end when I am tired. Hearing with aid and cochlear is good, but at times it is too much imput. I so understand my kiddos with sensory overload. I think I will write a book about how to combat sensory overload from a teacher's perspective. Yes everyone tells you how to deal with it. Take out you hearing aid and take off cochlear. However where does that leave you-no hearing at all. I can't handle that. I have to try a happy middle ground. How do I help these kids with sensory imput issues. Let then come into a quiet place to decompress that is what I have found helps. I NEED QUIET at times. Soft music, so much less input. My ears hurt from all that input at once. I love to talk to people about my cochlear and what it means to hear again. Some people, I can tell, would not like to hear about it and also do not want to hear me talking so much. However for many years I stopped talking and going to meet people because I could not understand them. Yes many thought I was not sociable,but I did not like explaining it to strangers or people who were not my good friends and family. It feels good to get back into life!! I am going for 3 month check and probably a lot of tweeking. I can tell things are different now, but trying to get my aided ear and cochlear ear to mesh-long haul.
