A Flock of Geese

My friend John, who just got the implant, was telling me today about how he heard a flock of geese for the first time!



The other day, he went hiking with his dog and heard this weird sound and couldn't figure out what it was. But he noticed his dog looking up, so he looked up to see what he was looking at and saw a whole group of geese flying above him!

He was so excited that he could hear them because before he would have been completely oblivious to them... he would never have known they were flying above him unless he was actually looking at the sky.

Now, if you were out and enjoying nature taking nice hikes through the woods, wouldn't you want to get the full effect and hear all the neat sounds of birds and animals? I know I would! :)

I guess its the little things that we take for granted that mean the most...

It always makes me happy when deaf people hear new sounds for the first time making their faces glow with excitement! I guess you never know what you're missing out on until you hear something for the first time.

Living Apartment Style...

I always laughed when people would complain about how they could hear their neighbors when they lived in apartments because I never really thought I would have to worry about it. I never really thought it would bother me because at night I would just take my hearing equipment off and I wouldn't hear anything.

But scratch that...

The other week I stayed with some friends in New York City in their apartment which happened to be on the 17th floor. But even though it was pretty high up, I could STILL hear the traffic outside! It was so annoying when I would be reading or just hanging out there when every ten minutes I'd hear someone honk their horn or hear the police or ambulance go by! It was almost like the windows were open, but they weren't! lol

Even though I wouldn't want to listen to that everyday in my own home... I still thought it was kinda cool that I could hear everything outside from the 17th floor! lol I guess that's something you'd just have to learn to deal with living in the big city!

Here's a picture of the view outside the window...



The city was so much fun though... we had the view of the Empire State Building! :)