Leah, who’s a bilateral cochlear implant
recipient shares about her 20th
Wedding Anniversary Trip to Australia and how Ci Wear helped enhance her
experience.
Hello Rock Stars of the
Ci Wear Team,
I must admit that
these few experiences I am sharing here - would have been very different deaf.
For the two separate days that we did these excursions, I wore
my Bilateral CI Advanced Bionics Neptune processors all day. The CI
Wear shirt is so comfortable.
1. Snorkeling at the
Great Barrier Reef - the view was indeed inspiring - the colors were awesome,
almost unfathomable the diverse landscape - but the sounds! The water,
the biologists guided talks, the snorkeling-helpers! I was really glad I could
hear the helpers... When I first sat on the edge of the platform and
peeked into the water, it was so clear it looked like I was on the top of a
skyscraper, I thought I was going to fall right down to the bottom! I heard all
of the snorkeling helpers' reassuring words and direction when they were
putting on my lifejacket and directing me on the placement of how to hold my
swim noodle. They even gave me a snorkel tube with red-tape, in case my
head pieces fell off and I was in distress. - But guess what? THE CI
HEAD PIECES STAYED IN PLACE! And it is funny now, thinking out it… I was
soooo nervous about ME falling, but was never in fear that my CIs would end up
at the bottom of the ocean - as they were tucked in your fabulous shirt!
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| CI devices secured in Ci Wear shirt sleeve pockets |
2. THE BEST EXPERIENCE
WITH CI WEAR. We did the bridge climb in Sydney! It turns out the bridge form
you fill out asks if you wear Hearing aids. You can not wear hearing aids
on the climb as they will blow off your head. I explained that I wear CIs
and that I would be okay on the climb with my CI Wear shirt. They called
over the head of security and the manager of the climb-office. I
demonstrated showing them the CI Wear pockets, the Neptune clips secured to the
white bands, the pockets, the wire-feed section and from the processor to the
magnetic head pieces. And then without missing a beat - I said, “And if
there IS a big-huge wind that does blow the magnets off my head... - (without
stopping my words, I swept both my hands against my scalp - you should’ve seen
their eyes!) … they are safe and secure, as they are tethered to me, and I can
simple click the magnets together and toss them in my shirt. (and there they were,
my CIs safe and sound). The manager and security chief were SOOOO
impressed! They had never seen anything like it! They commented how
very well prepared I was to do the bridge climb! We were in the front of
the group and I heard the guide, the cars on the bridge, the commuter trains, and
my husband’s romantic words at the top of the bridge, and my son’s
woo-hoos when we completed this incredible activity! www.bridgeclimb.com
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| Feeling like you're on top of the world when you can hear "Down Under." |
3. When we got home
the garden was very overgrown and a part of the fencing needed repair - the
shirt was great. I could work up a sweat digging around, and I could dance
around to my Spotify music playing on my phone, and all the while my CIs were
safe and sound!
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| During work secure your CI with Ci Wear |
Once again, thank you
and many blessings to your company!
Get out there and
hear!!!!
- Leah P
If you are looking for
a comfortable wearing option that secures your cochlear implants try a Ci Wear
shirt. Visit us at www.ciwear.com.
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