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Title: GrayBeard
Post by: dgman on October 20, 2011, 10:29:53 am

Hey Ed, We are all patiently waiting for the good news!

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: Dan26 on October 20, 2011, 11:57:08 am

Hey GB, can you hear me now?
Hope all is going well. Sorry if it sounds like I'm screaming.

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: GrayBeard on October 20, 2011, 02:09:58 pm

YES! I can hear you now!

Not ashamed to say I cried like the proverbial baby when they first turned it on....
It sounded like a 30's radio set between stations and was all static but I heard a voice in there in the background.
It has been about 2 hours and the strange noises are getting weaker and voices still sound 'tinny' but they tell me this will gradually go away as the ol' brain learns what to do with all these new 'impulses'.
Had to wind and set my antique mantel clock and the first time it chimed I almost jumped out of the chair!
As we were pulling out of the garage I thought I heard my heart beating rather fast...WRONG...it was the directional signal.
For my 'geeky' friends there are 20 individual electrodes implanted in my auditory nerve endings so it will take 6 weeks of 1 1/2 hour sessions to get everything 'programmed' just right.

But for now I ma just happy to sit here and listen to my keyboard go 'clickety, clickety'!

Thanks once again for all your prayers and good wishes.....

~~~GrayBeard~~~

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: Russ C on October 20, 2011, 02:14:43 pm

Glad to hear things are going well for you. Hoping and praying for the best.  :)

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: tux_linux on October 20, 2011, 02:21:16 pm

this sounds totally cool! Wait until you turn on the saw ;D

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Post by: GrayBeard on October 20, 2011, 02:25:16 pm

I'm planning to do some cutting later today and will let you know how it sounds.
The one that scares me is the table saw! Loudest too I own except for the leaf blower. OMG I will have to turn it of when I use that thing!

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: tux_linux on October 20, 2011, 02:29:08 pm

You probably now need some ear protection - a "Mickey Mouse".

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: rob roy on October 20, 2011, 02:51:51 pm

Hi Gray Beard, glad everything went well for you. You'll be able to hear the sound of leather on wood now.
All the best from Scotland. Rob Roy

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: BilltheDiver on October 20, 2011, 03:46:55 pm

Great new and I am glad to hear it!  If your table saw is your loudest tool then I have to assume you don't have a surface planer.  Mine makes my tablesaw whisper.

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: Dawie on October 20, 2011, 04:22:49 pm

Great news Ed! Thanking God that it went so well. I will have to whisper this end of the ocean now or you might just hear everything I say  :P.
Hope all the excess noise gets filtered out soon, sure your brain can handle it.
David

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: dgman on October 20, 2011, 04:24:06 pm

So glad it went well! I bet it will now be tough to fall asleep as you will be hearing all those subtle sounds!

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Post by: Marcellarius on October 20, 2011, 04:37:57 pm

Ed, I'm so happy for you!! this sounds awesome!

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Post by: SheGold on October 20, 2011, 05:08:08 pm

Wow Ed, glad to hear you are doing so well.. No shame in a tear at times.. I'm so proud for you... Sheila

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Post by: CNLNC on October 20, 2011, 05:37:36 pm

Congratulations GB, that is fantastic news!!! All the prayers and well wishes from everyone payed off...really happy for you GB, Good luck with the fine tuning...

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Post by: mrsn on October 20, 2011, 06:38:09 pm

Congrats!!!! I am so happy for you!

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Post by: scrollgirl on October 20, 2011, 08:21:21 pm

Congratulations, Graybeard!!!! I am SOO happy for you!  What a thrill it must be for you to hear!  A big ((((HUG)))) to you!  What wonderful, wonderful news!  :)

Sheila

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: geneVG on October 20, 2011, 11:30:06 pm

Congratulations GB, I know what it is like no to hear everything.  I am really happy for you.

gene

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Post by: wombatie on October 21, 2011, 01:44:40 am

I am thrilled that everything went well, we knew it would.  You may need to keep some headache tablets at the ready cause I would image all these sounds are going to do your head in for a few days.  Take care.

Marg

Title: Re: GrayBeard
Post by: Mainewoods on October 21, 2011, 07:21:16 am

Excellent!!!  Heres hoping the fine tuning goes just as well for you!

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Post by: julief on October 21, 2011, 08:36:50 am

That is too cool!!  Ear plugs and headache pills!  It's so amazing what modern medicine can do.  Let us know your most interesting sounds (and annoying ones).  Just curious.