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    • Minion QueenM
      Minion Queen
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      I know my sister has Bluetooth with her hearing aids.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
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        @Minion-Queen said:

        I know my sister has Bluetooth with her hearing aids.

        Those are physically larger, though, and are really just a complex form of headphone. An implant is a different beast.

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        • dafyreD
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          I think that's coming in a software updte to the Speech processors (the hearing aid bits)... Not sure when that comes though.

          I am about 99% certain that the remote control is bluetooth , lol. It's one of the questions I'll be asking for tomorrow. But ideally, I won't need to hook it up to anything... My phone will hook up to my car's radio via bluetooth, so we've already got that covered. The Mic's on these things are supposed to be excellent and omnidirectional, so I shoul dbe able to just hold the phone to my ear like a normal person.

          The trick is going to be teaching my brain to ignore all these sounds that you can hear and already ignore. Things like a CPU fan coming on... or the fire alarm because your mother cooked the biscuits a little too long again...

          It's not going to be like turning on a hearing aid and magically I can hear again... I'll have to work at it a lot for a while. I've heard from other folks who got the same model I did and they say that everything sounds robotic and tinny at first, but they never said how long it takes for that to go away (or they just got used to it), lol.

          I'm excited about it though. Lots of new challenges.

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          • scottalanmillerS
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            Can you turn it off when needed? A friend of a lot of us here had those and found it overwhelming and removed them 😞

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              Those are physically larger, though, and are really just a complex form of headphone. An implant is a different beast.

              Generally speaking, yes. The speech processor (see my previous post) is about the size of a hearing aid too... although 2/3s of it is battery, lol... They expect I should get a week off of a pair of watch sized batteries (the little ones, not the quarter sized ones)... Don't know what the model size is yet... Or if I get the rechargables, I'll get about 24 hours off of a single charge... We will see how it goes.

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              • dafyreD
                dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                Can you turn it off when needed? A friend of a lot of us here had those and found it overwhelming and removed them 😞

                A lot of people do find it overwhelming -- especially if they've never heard before. But yeah, they are like hearing aids. I can turn them on and off at will (I also have a volume control so that if it hurts, i can turn it down a little)

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                • Minion QueenM
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                  I know a few people who have had the implants done. Most everyone has kept them only a couple found them to be too much, but I do know that the adjustment period was a long headache filled process. However I have been told having a headache from hearing your child talk to you is one of the best headaches possible 🙂

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                  • dafyreD
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                    The trick is getting our kid to be more verbal, lol.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
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                      I went out to bring home lunch. @dominica made pina coladas!

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                      • mlnewsM
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                        This one goes out to @thanksajdotcom

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                          • thanksajdotcomT
                            thanksajdotcom
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                            How I've felt lately...

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Dominica made homemade pina coladas today...

                              pina colada

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                              • scottalanmillerS
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                                love how this one turned out.... Central Park in Granada

                                parque central

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse @dafyre
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                                  @dafyre said:

                                  The trick is getting our kid to be more verbal, lol.

                                  There are days I wished my WEREN'T as verbal... oy!

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    love how this one turned out.... Central Park in Granada

                                    parque central

                                    Awesome view. Thanks for sharing with us.

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                                    • gjacobseG
                                      gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      Dominica made homemade pina coladas today...

                                      pina colada

                                      I have a glass sitting under the USB port... Please feel free to share.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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                                        @gjacobse The Parque Central really is pretty. There is a big wooded park full of vendors. The square is lined with big colonial style hotels. Then on the east side is the cathedral and a bit open square where the picture was taken. Behind the cathedral is a long pedestrian way going east until it hits another major church. Then it becomes a big boulevard that runs down to the water front. All walk-able in 10-15 minutes.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
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                                          Weird things that I've learned from SW #1: The more someone tells us that they are on a "tight" budget and can't just waste money, the more they are wasting money willy nilly and in really crazy ways.

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                                          • JoyJ
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                                            Good evening guys! I will go back on Middle shift tomorrow.

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