Every day I wear the same necklace. It’s a reminder of the most important day of my life: my last deaf day. My cochlea don’t work very well…at all. Given the gift of a cochlear implant, I can hear. To celebrate, Andreas found a 3D model of a cochlea. He cleaned it up and converted […]
Author: My Beautiful Cyborg
Andreas’ Side of the Story
After a whirlwind week in Nashville with #cochlearfamily, we’re back in Edmonton. It was 12C and raining when we left Nashville. Hours later we touched down to -27C with a windchill of -35C and an extreme cold weather warning. We both smiled and said, “Home, home” when we stepped outside. Cliche alert! In spite of […]
Celebrating Hearing in Music City
We’re in Nashville to for Cochlear Celebration 2019. Cochlear is my implant and processor maker. Every two years it invites its implantees to gather and learn about their new hearing. The sessions cover a dizzying range of topics. We’re taking part in two sessions. The first is “Making a Difference: Changing how the world sees […]