Ready for that new mapping

March 25th marks the two month anniversary for my new hearing world.  It turned out better than my wildest expectations even if my eye tends to twitch along with the music. 

While driving my car to Safeway to buy milk, I changed programs (there's three of them on the Auria), but accidently bumped the volume switch.  That will teach me to leave the thing alone when I'm driving!  Got it so loud, I couldn't see out of my left eye, since the twitching increases along with the volume.  It got straightened out at the next traffic light.  No it doesn't hurt, but feels mighty strange.

So next Tuesday will be my 5th mapping, to see what they can do with this one sensitive electrode.  It's not the high frequency ones, and it doesn't seem to be the lowest ones either.  I've let it go up to now because I don't want the sound messed with...will it still sound okay if they make changes to dampen the twitching?  So pray that the solution means great sound and no winking at the guys!  Since I can control it with the volume switch, it's not as awful as it sounds.  But from the beginning, I've liked my sounds loud.  This computer plays at maximum volume.  My radio in the car is usually too loud if someone's riding with me.  The loud music during the Thursday meeting doesn't bug me like hearing people, only the fact that my voice is lost and I can't figure out what note to sing.

But I just want to explore the world of sound and have got a lot of catching up to do.  It's going to take awhile to find those songs that I like.  But it will be fun.  One thing for sure, I need to hear some crickets!  But that's another story...it is one of the last high frequency sounds I remember from childhood.