I've been busy with my A Level revision and coursework but for now I have finally completed my AS year at college! Also, I just recently been awarded two awards; The Most Deserving Student in Photography and Film Studies, which I am really pleased with. Also, being awarded meant prizes for me :P Because I was given TWO awards, I have £20 to spend in Boots, ooh la la.
At this point of time, I would say that I'm beginning to notice how I'm feeling drained out at the end of the day of wearing both implants. Taking off the second implant feels a lot better because it was like breathing out after holding your breath or, like finishing your jog run after 30 minutes because your legs are tired. It's just like that. I would probably guess that my mother's more determined for me to get used to the second implant but you have to understand that you need to be patient because sequential bilateral implant requires a massive period of time. I mean, massive. I feel like I've got more than three or four years to learn from the second implant. I still feel like it's the still the same since last few posts - high pitches. This is why I've stopped wearing the implant on weekends and on some days but I do wear it when I go out of the house because I feel more alert in the environment. Also, I will be having my hearing appointment again in few weeks and hopefully I'd have made a better progress that before.
I've just started my driving lessons and it's been four lessons now. My instructor has an experience with students with particular disabilities as well as his daughter, so he understands more. Although, he is trying to learn from my hearing so he could be more aware of how he is going to help me in learning to drive because obviously you can't really see him when you're driving. He does use a bit of gestures such as which way to go, and then he'd stop the car to show me diagrams on his iPad as teaching me different situations of driving. He has commented on how I'm progressing well, which I'm rather happy with. I've had him through my sister who's recently passed her test, so that is how I found him. If you're looking for a driving instructor with deaf awareness, visit the local government website as they have information on driving instructors for hearing impairment.
Till then!
