Plan for 5th mapping

Yesterday, I made arrangements to go back for another mapping.  While I'm hearing many things quite well, there's some adjusting that needs to be done.  These are the things I've noticed with my CI:

It cuts down any background noise when I whistle or sing loudly.
While whistling, some of the notes seem to be lost. 
Some loud sounds trigger the "self-defense" mechanism, dampening sound too much.
The "s" sounds have grown softer.
The volume setting I would like to use is causing minor facial twitching

These make singing along with music a little iffy.  I hear only the loudest noise such as the crowd singing and not much of my own voice.  Or if I'm singing along with a CD, my own voice drowns out the CD even with volume turned way up(Maybe it's because I'm using my computer to play these songs)

I'm heading back to Honolulu on the 29th for the fifth mapping

At the photography exhibit last night, a multimedia presentation included various kinds of music.  The amazing thing about it all was the music no longer echoed like an off-tune and staticy radio station, but came through as unique individual tunes.  One catchy pop tune had people wanting to dance, but there's no room among the photographs. 

The blessing of hearing people of all nationalities and accents is awesome.  Communication is so much easier with both sound and lip-reading.