Current mood:	determined
Entry tags:	deaf, hearing aids

Hearing aids the next day...
Tiring... Need to do it slow... It's not like I was born deaf or anything, but going from where I was to this is a BIG change. My one friend suggested and I did a little of it today, just playing some music on the computer in the quiet room while wearing the hearing aids for a little while. I can hear the music, but not make out the lyrics. I spent some time wearing them while having conversations, this is REALLY tiring (you'd think it would be less so, but maybe that is one of those until I get used to it things). Still am asking people to repeat things if they aren't providing enough other cues for the conversation. But, I catch things I would have misted before.

The ear molds make my ears a little sore if I wear them for too long right now, I thought at one point I would just use the MUTE program and leave the hearing aids in to get used to wearing them, but my ears got a little sore.

I think some sounds get amplified more, but I really don't understand it to be honest. Sitting in the QRC, all of a sudden I was like, "What in the world is sound!?!?", and someone said it was the heat or something. It was a very low hum, but constant. And then they looked at me very odd, and asked if that was the first time I had heard it. And it was and it is annoying.

Someone scared me on the walk home tonight from class. They walked up from behind to my side and said "Hi", I caught that, but wasn't expecting it. Please don't do that!!!!! I think they realized they startled me and said something about being walking the same way... I turned off at the point to go into my building. I'm pretty sure they were trying to be polite, but it made me feel very creepy.

Will post in seperate entry about horrible relay call trying to get a neckloop to use with hearing aids.