[Sasi] another mapping

[Rick Roderick]

I just send this to my CI Journal.


Hello everyone,

I  had a mapping last Tuesday.  In the old days, things seemed to be, "We
can't help you, but we will test your hearing."  Now, I could have said,
"Improve my hearing, and then, you can test it."  I wouldn't do that, but
that is exactly what happened.

I noticed that my CI was turned off longer than usual.  My audiologist
explained that a new software upgrade had been released.  I asked how often
this happens.  She said about every five years.  I know that litle
modifications come out every so often, but I wondered what this major
upgrade would actually do.  It did more than I expected.

My four programs have been completely changed.  Program is autosensitivity
at the setting I have been using.  The second is the same perogram at a
louder setting.  The third is a combination of Autosensitivity and  beam for
noisy settings.  The fourth is a whole new version of Whisper that is
supposed to enhance high--pitched and soft speech, as well asmusic.

The bigest thing I noticed is that sibilants sound more natural.  S's sound
like.  The quality of sound is a bit more like what I was getting when I
used to call my left ear my sensitivity ear.  Highs are crisp.

My pure tones were within normal limits.  My sentence understanding was at
98%.

I found that when I went bowling yesterday, Program 3 really helped me not
to be overwhelmed by noise.  Music on Program 4 is interesting.  Definition
of instruments is better, though pitches still leave much to be desired.  My
right ear will still have to unscramble that one.

I  will go back in six months.