<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139</id><updated>2011-07-07T17:19:55.074-07:00</updated><category term='Pink Floyd'/><category term='Vita'/><category term='Noises'/><category term='Graeme Clark'/><category term='Sordità'/><category term='Un po&apos; di me'/><category term='Momentimpianto'/><category term='Cochlear Implant'/><category term='Implamoment'/><category term='Rumori'/><category term='Musica'/><category term='Chirurgia'/><category term='Logopedia'/><category term='Activation'/><category term='Thoughts'/><category term='Riflessioni'/><category term='Impianto Cocleare'/><category term='Speech Therapy'/><category term='Cicadas'/><category term='Test'/><category term='Mappaggio'/><category term='Cicale'/><category term='Attivazione'/><title type='text'>Cronache Bioniche</title><subtitle type='html'>Cronache di un'avventura: l'Impianto Cocleare.

Bionic Chronicles: Chronicles about an Adventure through Cochlear Implant</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-4000251821850224042</id><published>2010-06-29T02:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T03:04:35.057-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Speech Therapy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Logopedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Implamoment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Momentimpianto'/><title type='text'>Un sorriso - A smile</title><content type='html'>Stamattina sono stato, come ogni martedì e venerdì mattina da un anno a questa parte, al C.R.O. per la consueta seduta di logopedia. Alla fine della seduta mentre stavo scendendo le scale per uscire, incrocio una bambina biondissima, uno scricciolo di 5 o 6 anni, che incuriosita mi guarda la testa. Noto che pure lei ha un IC: quando vedo questi bambini con l'impianto che pare quasi troppo grande per la loro testolina piccola mi commuovo sempre, faccio un salto indietro di vent'anni (sigh...) e mi rivedo alla loro età quando andavo nello stesso posto a fare terapia con ben altri apparecchi acustici. E penso alle enormi possibilità in più che avranno questi bambini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le sorrido e le dico: "Sì, hai visto? Anche io ho l'impianto come te!" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il sorriso che ha fatto, vedendo un "grande" portare l'impianto come lei, è qualcosa di indescrivibile. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;This morning I've been, as usual as I do every Tuesday and Friday morning since one year, where I do speech therapy. At the end of the session, when I were going downstairs I crossed the path of a little blond girl, her age looked like 5 or 6, that was looking at my head, totally curious. I noticed that she has a CI, too: when I look at these little children with the implant that seems to be too much big for their little heads it always touches me, suddenly I take a giant leap into the past, about 20 years (sigh...), and I see me again at their age when I attended the same centre in order to have speech therapy with quite another thing of hearing aids. And I think about the big opportunities that these children will have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I smiled her, and I said: "Yes, have you seen? I have the CI as well as you!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The smile she did, seeing a "grown-up" with a CI like her, is something unspeakable :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-4000251821850224042?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/4000251821850224042/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2010/06/un-sorriso-smile.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/4000251821850224042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/4000251821850224042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2010/06/un-sorriso-smile.html' title='Un sorriso - A smile'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-8573745449768270426</id><published>2010-03-05T13:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T14:16:02.928-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pink Floyd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Implamoment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Momentimpianto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Momentimpianto... la musica! - Implamoment with music</title><content type='html'>Un po' di tempo fa sono andato al videonoleggio vicino all'ufficio per prendere un film. Entro nel negozio e...*ouch* ...la musica! Con l'IC appena entro in un locale o un negozio sento subito se c'è la musica o no e nella maggior parte dei casi mi dava abbastanza fastidio perché la percezione era quella di confusione di sottofondo, cacofonia, non aveva niente di melodioso o piacevole.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mentre ero concentrato nella scelta del film colgo un paio di suoni piacevoli... "Mh... interessante".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I suoni piacevoli da due sono diventati qualcosa durato più secondi. Una specie di onda sonora che andava dall'alto al basso, pulita e morbida. "Uhm sì... piacevole...". La curiosità cresceva, e in pochi secondi la mia attenzione si era spostata dalla lettura dei titoli all'ASCOLTO di un qualcosa di nuovo, strano, "diverso" da tutti i rumori... c'è da dire che il negozio ha un impianto audio di tutto rispetto con le casse posizionate in alto, perciò i suoni giungevano all'IC puliti e nitidi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vado dal commesso e chiedo un po' imbarazzato che musica fosse...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Eh...? Ma..." mi risponde, con la faccia un po' sorpresa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"No, sai, lo so che è una domanda strana, ma ho un impianto cocleare da poco e la musica per me è una terra inesplorata..." aggiungo io.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Ah, scusami davvero, no è che mi sembrava strano che non tu la conoscessi, sono molto famosi sono i PGFLD"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Eh? Io con i nomi inglesi c'ho una capacità di leggere il labiale che fa schifo, me lo potresti scrivere per favore?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;E mi scrive il nome su un post-it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dopodiché leggo: Pink Floyd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wow... ma allora sono questi i Pink Floyd, non credevo fossero così piacevoli da ascoltare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mi si stampa un sorriso a 5900 denti e gli chiedo se sapesse anche il titolo della canzone ma non se lo ricordava. Allora non appena torno a casa mi butto su Youtube a cercare a orecchio *quella canzone lì*. E LA TROVO! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Signore e signori: Time, dei Pink Floyd. :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;object width="500" height="405"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYiahoYfPGk&amp;amp;hl=it_IT&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYiahoYfPGk&amp;amp;hl=it_IT&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;A bit of time ago I went to the movies renting shop near my office place. As I entered in the shop I heard that noise... *ouch*... music! With CI when I get in a shop or a pub I immediately hear if there's music or not and at that time it wasn't pleasant, the feel was very annoying, a feel like confusion, a cacophony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;While I was concentrated about reading movie titles I suddenly catched a pair of pleasant sounds... "Hm... Interesting".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;From two pleasant sounds they soon became something that lasted some seconds. Somewhat like an armonious wave with highs and lows, very clean and wiggly. "Hmm...yes...pleasant". Curiosity grew up, and in seconds my attention moved from titles reading to HEARING something new, weird, "different" from noises... The shop has a pro audio system with loudspeakers on the ceiling, so the CI catched clean and sharp sounds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;I went to the shop assistant and asked, a bit embarrassed, which music it was...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;"Uh?...but..." he answered me, with some surprise on his face.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;"No no, I know it's a strange question, but I have a CI, it's very short time I have it, and so for me music is an unexplored land" I said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;"Aha.. Sorry, really sorry, it sounded weird to me that you don't know them, they're the PGFLD"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;"What?! I'm not able to do lipreading with english names, could you write their name please?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;And he wrote their name on a post-it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;Then I read: Pink Floyd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;Whoa! So they're the famous Pink Floyd! I didn't expect that they're so pleasant to hear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;A smile of about 5900 teeth grew on my face and I asked him if he knew the song's title, too, but he didn't. So, as soon as I came back home I quickly went to Youtube to find it by "ear"...by "CI"! AND I FOUND IT! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;Ladies and gentleman: Time, Pink Floyd (see video above). :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-8573745449768270426?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/8573745449768270426/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2010/03/momentimpianto-la-musica-implamoment.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/8573745449768270426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/8573745449768270426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2010/03/momentimpianto-la-musica-implamoment.html' title='Momentimpianto... la musica! - Implamoment with music'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-6503739350259671115</id><published>2010-03-05T13:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T13:25:56.881-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Riflessioni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Tornato - Back</title><content type='html'>Mea culpa, sono rimasto lontano da questo blog per qualche mese, così come dai forum che trattano di sordità e impianti cocleari, a causa dei troppi impegni quotidiani. Alla sera ero sempre troppo stanco o impegnato in altro per poter scrivere qui (oltretutto in due lingue).&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ma soprattutto l'ho fatto perché avevo bisogno di distaccarmi da tutto ciò che tratta di IC per potermi concentrare di più su me stesso e sulle evoluzioni che sto facendo con questo piccolo magico pezzetto di tecnologia, un percorso più individuale e se vogliamo dirlo anche egoistico. Mi dispiace però, perché so che a molti avrebbe fatto piacere o sarebbe stato utile leggere qualcosa a proposito dei miei *incredibili* progressi. Cercherò di farlo con i prossimi post, promesso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;My fault, I've been away from this blog since months, the same with forums about deafness and IC, due to the fact that I were so busy with my daily stuffs. At the evening I'm always so tired or busy with something else that I don't have any will to write here (in two languages...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#6666CC;"&gt;But above all I've done it because I needed to leave for a bit from everything about IC, in order to have a better concentration on myself and to the developments I'm doing with this little magic piece of technology, a more individualistic path and, if we may tell it, more selfish. But I'm sorry about it, because I know that a lot of people out there would find useful to read something concerning my *unbelievable* developments with IC. I'll try to do it with the next posts, I promise. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-6503739350259671115?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/6503739350259671115/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2010/03/tornato-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/6503739350259671115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/6503739350259671115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2010/03/tornato-back.html' title='Tornato - Back'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-3899671427595570441</id><published>2009-09-27T11:36:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T11:56:27.471-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Implamoment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Momentimpianto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Non sono scappato eh! - I didn't run away!</title><content type='html'>Un piccolo post veloce solo per dire che non sono scappato, non ho abbandonato questo blog, è che ho sempre meno tempo per scrivervi a causa dei troppi impegni, sia di lavoro che di studio e nonché di vita. Durante il tempo libero ho poca voglia di stare davanti al Mac, perciò sto diventando incostante con l'elaborazione dei post. Ma non appena avrò trovato il modo di organizzarmi meglio tornerò a raccontarvi le piccole "magie" dell'impianto cocleare, che si sta rivelando di giorno in giorno, di settimana in settimana, sempre più soprendente. Poter finalmente capire che si può dare un senso ben preciso a delle sensazioni sonore, nello specifico il parlato, è una sensazione indescrivibile per chi come me ha passato 28 anni appoggiandosi esclusivamente sulla lettura labiale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poi tornerò con i dettagli!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;A little fast post to sa that I didn't fly away, I didn't drop this blog, the fact is that I have less time to write on it, because of too many things scheduled at work, university, life. During my leisure time I don't feel like staying here in front of my Mac, so I'm becoming a little inconstant with posts writing. But as soon as I'll find the right way to organize myself, I'll come back here to tell you about little CI's "magic spells": it's revealing more and more surprising, day by day, week by week. To be able, at last, to understand that it's possible to give a meaning to sound percepts, in particular speech sounds, is an indescribable sensation for who&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;has passed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;28 years exclusively relying on lipreading, as me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;I'll come back with more details!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-3899671427595570441?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/3899671427595570441/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/09/non-sono-scappato-eh-i-didnt-run-away.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/3899671427595570441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/3899671427595570441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/09/non-sono-scappato-eh-i-didnt-run-away.html' title='Non sono scappato eh! - I didn&apos;t run away!'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-2391209443400472213</id><published>2009-08-17T08:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T08:50:51.626-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Implamoment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Momentimpianto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Se telefonando... - Calling...</title><content type='html'>Ok, adesso che mi sono ripreso dallo shock posso anche dirlo: grande momentimpianto!!!! Due giorni fa ero solo in casa, nessun rumore, quiete totale (Firenze è un deserto in questi giorni), cosa fare? E se provassi ad usare il telefono chiamando mamma? Detto, fatto!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Telefono. Numero di mamma. Bip bip bip bip (toni della tastiera).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segnale di telefono che squilla... ok, questo lo sento. Verificato!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rumore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Pronto?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OHHMMIODDIO! La voce di mamma al telefono... riesco a stento a trattenere le lacrime. Capisco poco ma sento distintamente che ride. Una frase la capisco: "Qui si sta benissimo" (era in vacanza in montagna).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Mamma, che bello, hai detto che lì si sta benissimo, ho capito! Scusa ma riattacco perché sennò piango".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E dopo, un bel piantino liberatorio modello "Diga rotta". Mi sono anche stupito di piangere così tanto, poi ripensando a questi mesi mi è tornato alla mente che non avevo ancora sfogato la tensione e le emozioni accumulatesi, nemmeno il giorno prima dell'intervento. Nemmeno quando mi è stato attivato l'impianto. Ok, mi ero commosso, ma non avevo mai pianto così, non ancora. Un bel momento catartico!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Devo trovare il modo di andare da Mr. Clark in Australia!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;Ok, now that I've  just recovered me from the shock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;I can tell it: great implamoment!!! Two days ago I was at home all alone, no noises at all, total quiet (Florence is a desert in these days...), what could I do? What if I try to use the telephone calling Mom? Go for it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;Telephone. Beep beep beep.. (keyboard tones).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;Ringing phone noise...ok, I can hear it through the mic, checked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;Noise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;"Hello?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;OHHMMYGAWD! Mom's voice in the phone... I barely can hold back tears. I understand very little but I can clearly hear Mom laughing. I just catched up one phrase, she was saying "It's so good here, we're chilling out" (she was at mountain on holidays).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;"Mom, what beautiful, you said that it's so good there, I understood it! Sorry but I must hang up, because I'm starting to weep".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;And then, a beautiful liberating weep, "Broken Dam" style. I was astonished I start weeping so much, then I thought about these last months, and I realized that I never gave vent to my feelings I accumulated, not even the day they activated my CI. Ok, I was heartly moved, but I never wept as two days ago, not yet. A beautiful cathartic moment!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;I must to find out the way to go to Australia to meet Mr. Clark!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-2391209443400472213?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/2391209443400472213/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/08/se-telefonando-calling.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2391209443400472213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2391209443400472213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/08/se-telefonando-calling.html' title='Se telefonando... - Calling...'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-5555014484482777030</id><published>2009-08-15T07:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T08:02:31.497-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Test'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cicadas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cicale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Cicale, cicale su tutte le frequenze - Cicadas, cicadas on all frequencies</title><content type='html'>Un post al volo, giusto per scrivere che martedì scorso ho fatto per la prima volta la prova tonale a campo libero con l'IC, 30-40 dB su tutte le frequenze. Bella conquista, no?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, e siccome 'ste benedette cicale le sento *ovunque*, perfino in macchina se guido con i finestrini aperti, metto questo video per rendermele simpatiche, almeno ci provo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="500" height="405"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDjQL8EO5EQ&amp;hl=it&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDjQL8EO5EQ&amp;hl=it&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A presto con nuove info. Ah, e comunque io preferisco i grilli.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;A post in a hurry, just to say that on last Tuesday I did my first audi test with CI, I scored 30-40 dB on all frequencies. A good goal, isn't it? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;Ah, and since I hear cicadas almost *everywhere*, even when I'm driving with windows down, I put on this video in order to make them nice to me, or at last I try to do it... (see above)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See ya soon! Ah, anyhow, crickets are my favourite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-5555014484482777030?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/5555014484482777030/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/08/un-post-al-volo-giusto-per-scrivere-che.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/5555014484482777030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/5555014484482777030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/08/un-post-al-volo-giusto-per-scrivere-che.html' title='Cicale, cicale su tutte le frequenze - Cicadas, cicadas on all frequencies'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-4190723301785173479</id><published>2009-07-18T16:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-18T16:36:13.362-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Implamoment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Momentimpianto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Momentimpianto! - Implamoment!</title><content type='html'>Sedersi al tavolo di cucina con Macco (il mio Macbook appunto) davanti, e capire che è il momento di alzarsi: quel rumore in più è l'acqua per il tè che sta bollendo sui fornelli.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senza prezzo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;Sitting at the kitchen's table with Macco (my Macbook...), and understanding that's time to stand up because of that strange noise: tea's water is boiling on the stove.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Priceless. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-4190723301785173479?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/4190723301785173479/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/07/momentimpianto-implamoment.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/4190723301785173479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/4190723301785173479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/07/momentimpianto-implamoment.html' title='Momentimpianto! - Implamoment!'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-2103883413316169499</id><published>2009-07-12T08:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T17:14:20.104-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rumori'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noises'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Activation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graeme Clark'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Attivazione'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Un mese dopo - One month later</title><content type='html'>E rieccomi qui, un mese dopo l'accensione di questo piccolo e magico pezzetto di tecnologia che da un mese, appunto, sto portando sull'orecchio destro. Un po' il rientro al lavoro, un po' lo studio dei libri per la tesi e un po' il mac fuori uso a lungo (nonché il fatto che in mezzo a questi ho anche un po' di vita da vivere!) , non ho più avuto tempo di scrivere niente dal giorno dell'attivazione dell'impianto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ed è proprio di questo che voglio parlare: credo che si noti anche dai video qui sotto, ma è stato uno dei momenti più emozionanti della mia vita, se non il più emozionante. È stato come riemergere da troppo tempo passato sott'acqua senza respirare, mi ha investito un senso di leggerezza che continua a durare tutt'ora. In un primo momento, quando collegarono l'impianto al PC e cominciarono a tararlo, ero un po' sconcertato perché sentivo dei rumori fastidiosi, che rimbombavano sulla bocca dello stomaco dandomi nausea: pensai che se fosse stata quella la sensazione che dà l'impianto allora mi ci sarebbe voluto un sacco di tempo per addattarmici.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E invece...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A un certo punto la dottoressa mi fece sentire una serie di toni, dei quali io dovevo dirne il livello di sopportabilità (volume più alto possibile) e il livello minimo di percezione (volume più basso possibile). Rimasi stupito dalla nitidezza della loro percezione. Subito dopo le lessi il labiale mentre diceva: "Adesso accendiamo l'impianto". Cercavo di stare calmo ma il mio nervosismo era tradito dalla mano con la quale mi stavo torturando la barba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E all'improvviso...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Adesso se parlo senti la mia voce?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O qualcosa del genere. Non importa cosa avesse detto di preciso. Quello che mi colpì nel profondo dell'animo fu la *percezione*, mai stata più chiara e forte, del fatto che lì in quella stanza ci fosse un suono, in questo caso la voce della dottoressa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ca**o.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La sento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E via alla rottura della diga! Valle di lacrime fra me, mamma, i medici e Jodi, increduli di un tale inizio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Subito dopo feci un piccolo test logopedico, quanto basta per capire se riuscissi a cogliere la discriminazione fra le varie lunghezze di un piccolo gruppo di parole predefinite, superato senza troppi problemi. Cosa impensabile con le vecchie protesi. Capii che sebbene la strada fosse e sarà ancora lunga, il mio cervello finalmente aveva voglia di correre, di rimettersi in moto, di riprendere là dove si era fermato tutto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oggi a distanza di un mese posso dire che la cosa sorprendente dell'impianto è che ho sempre fatto piccoli passi in avanti, mai in indietro. Non importa quanto fossero lunghi i passi, sono sempre stati verso una sola direzione, quella giusta. Faccio due sedute di logopedia a settimana, e per me è un divertimento, stresso i miei coinquilini perché mi aiutino con piccoli test a casa, e soprattutto certe volte sembro un bimbo curioso di capire cos'è questo o quel suono... infatti questo mese è stato costellato qua e là di quelli che ho chiamato &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Momentimpianto&lt;/span&gt;, momenti in cui l'impianto mi rivela piccole sorprese, come ad esempio:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• rumore della carta e dei sacchetti di patatine, odioso! :P&lt;br /&gt;• la mia mano mentre mi spazzolo via qualcosa dalla manica&lt;br /&gt;• gli uccelli! ARGH... chi è che ha detto che il loro cinguettio è piacevole? Io li sento come rane che gracidano, forse su questo c'è bisogno di ancora più tempo, chissà, o forse nel mio giardino covano solo cornacchie e gazze, boh...&lt;br /&gt;• all'appello non potevano mancare le cicale, le quali mi hanno fatto rischiare di cercare del napalm da usare in giardino. Mi fanno andare fuori di testa...&lt;br /&gt;• la mia maglietta buttata sul letto... non immaginavo che anche oggetti così "morbidi" potessero fare un rumore, sebbene sia lieve..&lt;br /&gt;• il rumore del gas dei fornelli, il rumore di rotolamento delle gomme della mia auto, i motorini, i pianti dei bambini (grrr...), e tanti altri che ormai non mi ricordo perché pian piano stanno entrando a far parte della mia normalità quotidiana, com'è giusto che sia. Tranne le cicale però, eh, a quelle non riuscirò mai a abituarmi!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Insomma, l'impianto si sta rivelando un vero e proprio piccolo miracolo, e sta facendo di me un devoto a Grame Clark, l'inventore dell'impianto multicanale e fondatore della Cochlear™, la marca dell'impianto che ho io (NdA: questa *non* è pubblicità verso la Cochlear™, ma sto semplicemente riportando la mia testimonianza). Adesso, fra l'appartenere al mondo degli udenti e l'appartenere al mondo dei sordi, finalmente torno a riavere la mia "terza via", la quale non è mai stata così chiara come oggi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here I am, back again one month after this little and amazing piece of technology's turning on, that I am wearing on the right ear since one month, as I already said. Squeezed between work comeback, thesis' books studies and the Mac thas was out of order (as well as the fact that I have a own true life!), I had no time to write something to post here sinche CI's activation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's what I'm going to talk about: I guess that it's evident if you watch at the two videos below here, but it's been one of the most moving days of my life, if not the most dramatic at all. It was like resurfacing after too much time being pushed under water, a weightnessless that took me then and it's still taking me now. At a first glance, when they plugged CI to the PC and started to set up it, I was disconcerted because I was feeling some perturbing noises, they resounded in my stomach, I was feeling a bit sick: I thought that if it was the CI's feeling I would have needed long time to get used to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And instead...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some moments after, the doctor let me hear some beeps in order to set up discomfort and minimal perception levels. I was astonished about the clear perception. Soon after, I read doctor's lips saying: "Ok, now we are going to turn on the CI". I was trying to stay calm, but my nervousness was betrayed from my hand that was torturing my beard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly... "Now if I talk, can you hear my voice?"  or somewhat like. Doesn't care what she said. What shocked me in the deep of my soul was the *cognition*, never had it more clear or strong, that there was a noise in that room, in this case was the doctor's voice. F**K. Yeah, I hear it! Ok, let's break the dam, starting a valley of tears between me, Mom, medics and Jodi :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two hours after, I did a little speech therapy test, in order to understand if I was already able to discriminate different lenghts in a restricted group of words. I did it without troubles. I understood that, although the path was and will be long, at last my brain had the wills to run, to restart from there where all this stopped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, after one month, I can say that the amazing fact about CI is that I have always done steps forward, never back. Little or giant steps, they are always in the right direction, forward. I have two speech therapy sessions a week and it's a fun for me, I'm distressing my flatmates because I always ask them to do little speech therapy tests at home, and above all sometimes I look like a child, because I'm just curious to know what this or that noise was. In fact, this month was spotted here and there of that thing I call &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Implamoments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;, moments when the CI reveals me little surprises, like as:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;• paper or chips packages creaking, hateful! :P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;• my hand when I sweep away something from my sleeve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;• birds. UGH! ...who said that their twittering is pleasantful? I hear them like croaking frogs, maybe I need some more time or I have my garden plenty of crows and magpies..huh...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;• to be absent at the roll-call is impossible for the cicadas, I almost risked to look for some napalm to buy and use in my garden... they drive me crazy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;• my T-shirt when I launch it over the bed... I didn't imagine that two "soft" thing can make a noise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;• stove's gas, my car's rolling tyres noise, scooters, babies weeps (grrr...) and so many other noises that I don't remember anymore because they are slowly entering into my everyday life, it's right. But I will never, ever, get used to cicadas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;So, CI is revealing itself as an amazing little miracle, and it's making me as a devote to Graeme Clark, the multichannel CI's inventor and Cochlear™ founder (A/N: this is *not* advertising about Cochlear™, I'm simply reporting my experience). Now, between being a member of hearing people and being a member of deaf people, finally I'm having my "third way" back, and it has never been so clear as today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-2103883413316169499?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/2103883413316169499/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/07/un-mese-dopo-one-month-later.html#comment-form' title='9 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2103883413316169499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2103883413316169499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/07/un-mese-dopo-one-month-later.html' title='Un mese dopo - One month later'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-2690981147768768750</id><published>2009-06-18T05:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T11:41:18.849-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fuori uso! - Out of order!</title><content type='html'>Rieccomi per una fugace apparizione: un messaggio per dirvi che sono assente per colpa del mio macbook che ha deciso di farmi lo scherzetto di non accendersi...sigh... spero di tornare presto a postare, dipende da quanto saranno veloci quelli del centro assistenza! Incrociate le dita, anche per scongiurare salassi economici!!! :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Here I am, a fleeting apparition to say that I'll be absent for a while, due to my macbook that had the beautiful idea to not turn on anymore... moan... I hope to come back here to post very soon, it depends on how fast the Apple Care Centre will be. Cross fingers, please, even to avoid economical bleed! :(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-2690981147768768750?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/2690981147768768750/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/fuori-uso-out-of-order.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2690981147768768750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2690981147768768750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/fuori-uso-out-of-order.html' title='Fuori uso! - Out of order!'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-1772265799125068468</id><published>2009-06-12T05:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T08:08:51.178-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mappaggio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Activation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochlear Implant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Attivazione'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Motori...ACCENSIONE! - Engine... START!</title><content type='html'>Quando le immagini raccontano più di mille parole... &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;i&gt;When images tell more than thousands words...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="405" width="500"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vaCF4fsNGfg&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vaCF4fsNGfg&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="405" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="405" width="500"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5Soauj9PLA&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5Soauj9PLA&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="405" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-1772265799125068468?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/1772265799125068468/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/motoriaccensione-engine-start.html#comment-form' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/1772265799125068468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/1772265799125068468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/motoriaccensione-engine-start.html' title='Motori...ACCENSIONE! - Engine... START!'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-5066971087412358710</id><published>2009-06-10T06:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T11:42:23.143-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Il giorno dell'attivazione!!! - Activation's day, YAY!</title><content type='html'>Domani sarà il gran giorno dell'attivazione... l'hanno anticipata di circa 10 giorni perché il decorso sta andando per il meglio, a patto di usare l'impianto inizialmente per poche ore al giorno, al fine di abituare gradualmente l'orecchio. Poi il 22 ci sarà il secondo controllo e da lì potrò usare l'impianto a tempo pieno. Non vedo l'ora, so già che stanotte non dormirò...!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tomorrow there'll be another *the* day, Activation's day! Medics bring the date forward about ten days, because the medical course is going at its best. But they told me to use the CI only few hours per day, in order to prevent fatigues for my ear. Then, on June 22th, I'll have another check and from that date I'll be able to use my CI every hour of every day. YAY! I can't wait... I know tonight I'm going to not sleep all night long...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-5066971087412358710?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/5066971087412358710/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/il-giorno-dellattivazione-activations.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/5066971087412358710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/5066971087412358710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/il-giorno-dellattivazione-activations.html' title='Il giorno dell&apos;attivazione!!! - Activation&apos;s day, YAY!'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-2804435029951539002</id><published>2009-06-03T15:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T11:42:53.415-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Un po&apos; di me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sordità'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Un po' su di me - Something about me</title><content type='html'>E rieccomi qui, mi scuso per la mia assenza, ma avevo detto che sono un tipo un po' incostante...&lt;br /&gt;Con il primo post non mi sono presentato abbastanza: mi chiamo Michele, ho 28 anni, vivo a Firenze, e sono nato sordo, protesizzato all'età di 11 mesi e rieducato ortofonicamente con il metodo oralista (niente LIS!) e inserito fin dalla più tenera età nel normale percorso scolastico, senza nessun insegnante di sostegno per scelta prima dei miei genitori e poi mia: mi affidavo esclusivamente sul buon senso dei maestri e dei professori che appoggiavano le mie richieste di spiegare le lezioni con il viso rivolto verso la classe in modo che io potessi seguire il loro labiale. Inoltre mi appoggiavo anche agli appunti che quelle anime pie dei miei compagni mi passavano più che volentieri (infatti l'unico limite che avevo era quello di non poter leggere il labiale e contemporaneamente scrivere appunti, non ho gli occhi indipendenti tra loro come quelli dei camaleonti eh...). Non nego che mi sono capitati anche professori ignoranti e scortesi, ma questi ostacoli mi hanno reso sempre più testardo nel fare affidamento esclusivamente alle mie capacità, talvolta prendendo pure ripetizioni private pur di non dar loro alcuna soddisfazione. Alla fine le rivincite sono state tutte mie, riuscendo ad avere ottimi voti, riuscendo ad entrare in un'università a numero più che chiuso (non mi sono ancora laureato, ma questo è un altro discorso...) e trovando un lavoro consono alle mie capacità.&lt;br /&gt;Due anni fa, nel Settembre del 2007, ebbi un improvviso calo del mio già risicato residuo uditivo, dopo un viaggio in Germania: da un giorno all'altro persi la capacità di udire molti dei "miei" rumori, quel panorama sonoro personale che mi ero faticosamente costruito tramite l'aiuto delle protesi. Inizialmente pensai a un guasto di quest'ultime, poi una volta rientrato in Italia mi resi conto che il problema ero IO, non loro. La mia sordità, che fino ad allora ritenevo ferma nella sua situazione, mi stava mostrando che in realtà non era così, che poteva essere ben più crudele di quanto non fosse mai stata fino ad allora...&lt;br /&gt;E così iniziò un percorso di ricerca su valide alternative alle mie vecchie protesi analogiche, due anni in cui provai ogni modello, ogni opzione possibile, ogni marca, fino a capire che l'amplificazione del suono non sarebbe mai stata abbastanza per il mio livello profondo di sordità, finché non capii che l'unica opzione rimasta era l'Impianto Cocleare. Otto anni fa, nel 2001, feci un primo colloquio per valutare l'opzione Impianto Cocleare, dal quale scappai a gambe levate... "Farmi trapanare il cranio per mettermi quell'affare?? GIAMMAI!". È buffo constatare come, otto anni dopo, ho affrontato questa sfida con spirito totalmente diverso, più sereno, più conscio delle mie necessità, più consapevole. Forse era necessario che passasse tutto questo tempo affinché io arrivassi a questa decisione nella massima serenità possibile.&lt;br /&gt;Perciò questo è il mio consiglio per chi comincia a valutare l'opzione di ricevere un Impianto Cocleare: prendetevi tutto il tempo necessario per informarvi, respirate, esploratevi dentro di voi stessi, rendetevi consapevoli del grande passo che state facendo, agite nella massima serenità e senza farvi influenzare da nessuno; qualunque sia la vostra decisione, fate in modo che ponga le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;vostre&lt;/span&gt; esigenze al centro dell'attenzione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Here I am again! I apologize for my absence, but I already told that I'm somewhat fickle person... :P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;With my first post I didn't tell so much about me: my name is Michele, I'm 28 years old and I live in Florence, Italy. I was born deaf, fitted with hearing aids at age of 11 months, reeducated with oral method (no sign language!) and mainstreamed from tender age in public schools, with no support teachers due to my parents' choice first, then mine one: I relied exclusively on teachers' good sense, they supported me teaching lessons with their faces turned towards the classroom, so I could read their lips with no problems. Moreover, my classmates often helped me giving me their notes, they did it with pleasure (in fact my limit was that I was not able to follow lessons and take notes at the same time, I don't have independent and mobile eyes like chameleons heh...). I don't deny that I had uneducated and rude teachers, too, but those obstacles make me more obstinate relying on my own capacities than ever, sometimes I had to take private lessons in order to not give them any satisfaction at all. At the end, I had my own back, succeeding in achieving good grades, admitting in a closed-number University and finding a good job that fits on my skills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Two years ago, on September 2007, I had a drastic fall of my deafness, after a trip in Germany: from one day to another I lose my capacities to "hear my own noises", that sounds' landscape I hardly had to build through my hearing aids. Initially I thought about a hearing aids' failure, then when I came back in Italy I understood that the problem was ME and not them. My deafness, that until that moment I considered at a locked point, was showing me that it wasn't so, that it could be even more cruel than it has ever been...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;So I started to look for a alternative new hearing aid, more powerful and modern, a path lasted two years where I tried every model, every available option, every brand, until I understood that sound amplification would have been no more useful for my deafness level. Then I realized that my last option was Cochlear Implant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Eight years ago, in 2001, I had my first medical conversation about CI evaluation, and I scared away from that hospital... "Let them drill my skull to put that stuff into my head? NO WAY!!!". It's funny to observe how that, eight years later, I braved this new challenge with a total different state of mind, more serene, more conscious about my needs, well-aware. Maybe it was necessary to let all that time flow away, so that I came to this decision with the greatest serenity possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;So this is my own advice to all those are evaluating CI option: take all your time to gain informations, breathe, explore yourselves, make you conscious about the big step you're taking, act with serenity and don't let others influence you: whatever will be your decision, point &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;your&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt; needs at the core of your attention.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-2804435029951539002?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/2804435029951539002/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/un-po-su-di-me-something-about-me.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2804435029951539002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/2804435029951539002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/06/un-po-su-di-me-something-about-me.html' title='Un po&apos; su di me - Something about me'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403078646110970139.post-3620499652682936612</id><published>2009-05-27T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T11:43:05.266-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Un po&apos; di me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chirurgia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impianto Cocleare'/><title type='text'>Primo post! - First post</title><content type='html'>Ciao a chiunque passi di qui, questo sarà il mio diario online su un'avventura che sto vivendo in questi giorni, e chissà per quanto altro si protrarrà: una settimana fa mi sono sottoposto a intervento di Impianto Cocleare, dopo un lungo periodo fatto di ricerca di informazioni, testimonianze, persone che hanno vissuto un'esperienza simile, etc. In tutto questo ho notato la scarsità di informazioni a riguardo sul panorama italiano della Rete, perciò questo sarà un piccolo tentativo di aiutare chiunque voglia ricercare informazioni e lo farò anche raccontando la mia esperienza. Intanto ho già conosciuto delle persone fantastiche le quali non riuscirò mai a ringraziare abbastanza per il loro appoggio. Scriverò i post anche in inglese, in modo da allargare il più possibile il bacino d'utenza, scusandomi fin da ora se il mio inglese non sarà perfetto! :) A presto!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Hello everybody who walks around here, this blog is going to be my online diary where I'll write about an exciting adventure I'm actually experiencing: one week ago I received a Cochlear Implant, after a long period made of researches about infos, cases histories, meeting people who have already done it, etc. In this whole stuff I noticed the shortage of informations in the Italian blogosphere and netsphere, except for a few precious blogs and forums, so this blog is going to be my little contribuition in order to help whoever needs to look for infos and I'll tell here my ongoing experience, too. Meanwhile I have already known a lot of fantastic people, I'll never be able to thank them enough for their support. As you can see, I'll write my posts in English, too, in order to broaden my potential audience, and sorry if it won't be perfect English :) See you soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1403078646110970139-3620499652682936612?l=cronachebioniche.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/feeds/3620499652682936612/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/05/primo-post-first-post.html#comment-form' title='14 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/3620499652682936612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1403078646110970139/posts/default/3620499652682936612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cronachebioniche.blogspot.com/2009/05/primo-post-first-post.html' title='Primo post! - First post'/><author><name>Mighe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13125468146199696837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry></feed>
