Bionic Hearing

December 17th, 2012 | Posted in » My Life / Family

Yeah, I know the post title is stupid… “Bionic Hearing”. Blah.

miracle-earIt’s better than “Miracle Ear”.

Whatever the case, I’m marvelling right now at the difference a hearing aid makes.

Today, I had my first post-surgical follow up for the cholesteatoma surgery I had last Monday. The right ear is healing nicely, but we won’t know whether I’ll get full hearing back in that ear for another two or three months. A bit of a waiting game, and I’m fine with that. The good news of the day with the right ear is that it should be a one and done surgery!

As for the left, where I’d had some minor “touch-up” work done?

Apparently my hearing has actually improved. It’s good news, but it’s still not back to normal levels.

Enter the miracle of technology.

Boom. I’m hearing sounds now that I had almost forgotten about.

So yeah. My hearing may not be 100% natural anymore, but I’m definitely okay with bionic hearing.

Now if I can just get an Iron Man suit to go with it. :)

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2 Responses to “Bionic Hearing”

  1. By Bob Cleveland on Dec 17, 2012

    We’re all mechanically assisted, you know. We don’t walk everywhere. We don’t eat only what we grow.

    There’s nothing wrong with getting mechanical to hear any more than there is to mechanically assist our eyesight.

    Me? I’ve got two titanium knees, too. I’m a lot more Steve Austin than you are…..

  2. By John on Dec 17, 2012

    Very true, Bob. Still think I’d prefer to be Iron Man than Six Million Dollar man though.

    Probably a generational thing. :)

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