Audiology 4 year review

Just back from the hosp. I scored a bit higher in the short sentences test (36%, an improvement on 27% in 2010) as I recognised more of the words. It’s the BKB sentences test. BKB sentences are very short and are unpredictable so that you cannot fill in the gaps. E.g. ‘the baby sleeps in the car’, rather than ‘the baby sleeps in the cot’. There’s a bit more info here: http://soundingboard.earfoundation.org.uk/resources/?cat=6&sub_cat_id=22&page=123

We did just that one test, plus an audiogram with implant on. My usual audiologist, Suryn, is on a sabbatical in South Africa, where she’s from and the new lady, Victoria Soobrayen, complimented me on the quality of my speech for a deaf-born person. She was sitting in as an observer/trainee on the day my implant was switched on and I was the first person she’d seen having it switched on for the first time.

We did a mapping, checking that all 16 electrodes are working correctly, and the individual levels of each of them, and decided to retain the same mappings. Reviews will be every two years from now on.