I took the time to get my two audiograms scanned, one from 2005 and the other from this year (2009).  You can see the difference in my db loss.  My left ear is currently stable at 100db and my ear went down from 75 to 100 db.  I had a CT scan to see if I had Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome.  The scans came with these findings: Unremarkable CT scan of the temporal bones.  Specifically, no evidence for enlargement of the vestibular aqueducts.  Damn, back to square one.  I really would like to find out the cause of my hearing loss at birth and the cause for the sudden drop.  I guess only time will tell.

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Since the last posting, I have met and spoken to so many CI'ers.  I am getting way too excited about the entire CI process.  I am so amazed how much they can actually hear.  They have told me things like they can hear someone chew and swallow.  Ew, that was a major turn off.  But it will vary on each CI'er.  And it is something that can be fixed during a mapping.

I submitted my application to John Hopkins, the killer part, is that it takes between 6-8 weeks for records to review my application and then call me to schedule an appointment.  6-8 WEEKS??  Are you freaking kidding me?  I want my hearing back so bad...I am just so frustrated cuz I am having a huge difficulty recognizing the weird sounds that are around me.

On Tuesday, I had a meeting at work with my department.  Did I understand everything at the meeting?  NOPE!  I know.. I should have requested an interpreter but I figured that I would understand everything since it was only the 7 or 8 of us.   Then during the meeting, I heard this loud noise, had no idea where it was coming from, I am looking around and trying to figure out what the heck it was.  My co-worker Nancy realized that I was puzzled and mouthed to me "Its a vacuum next door."  I was relieved to hear that it was the vacuum, not my hearing aid crapping out or another sudden hearing loss drop that I experienced back in November.

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