Sheila M - Cochlear Volunteer

Today I had an important meeting, complete with teleconferencing participants, for a large court project that I co-chair. While I was explaining a procedure, my rechargeable battery went DEAD. I abruptly stopped my presentation, saying "My battery went dead," and continued my speech while I reached in my pocket and retrieved and secured a disposable battery pack into the processor. The other co-chair asked me a question before I could get the processor restarted, and my supervisor (who just happened to sit in on the meeting today) responded for me! Then, I was "on air" again and picked up where I left off. We barely skipped a beat in the meeting whew! My supervisor and I have worked closely recently on some issues for this project, so she knew my answer to that question!

I am bilateral but my Freedom processor for the new implant (activated 3/08) had to be returned to the factory due to recurring H5 corrupt program errors, so I am functioning solely with Thing 1 until Cochlear repairs or replaces it.

Guess I did well overall in the meeting. I've been at this court for 22 years and everyone has been very patient and understanding with my hearing impairment. They are all so very impressed with cochlear implants

   Sheila