So today I had my first appointment with the hearing Implant clinic. To be honest their is not a lot to say at this point in time, they asked me questions about my hearing stuff like how do I get on at work/home?, Do I have Tinnitus? (Yep!), When was the last time you could actually use a phone?, Do you use subtitles on the TV?, Do you have any balance problems? And some questions about my family history, nothing really interesting other then they reached the conclusion that my hearing problem is probably genetic (which is what I always assumed anyway).
Towards the end of the appointment I was staring to well struggle to understand what was going on, which is not unusual, so the consultant pulled up a word processor on his monitor and started using that to talk to me. Its a little thing but it makes communicating for me a lot less stressful, even if I am willing to have my head sliced open to get rid of such awkward situations, I appreciated it.
The result was that they are putting me forward as a candidate for an implant, so more testing to follow!
Itchy Implanted 