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zebadee2010 said:
This makes no sense what-so-ever..

To play marco polo one says marco, and the people hiding say polo to give away their position. The person finding has to tag someone to win.

I find this hard as your eyes are supposed to be closed while doing this and also you can't hear to see if the say polo or not??
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It is accommodation to the way the deaf have to play it. You are thinking of the hearing rules.:cool2:

Instead of ears open and eyes closed, it is ears closed and eyes open.
 
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There's plenty of games we can enjoy. It doesn't have to be marco polo I never played that game nor I know how to play it. I'
 
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jillio said:
It is accommodation to the way the deaf have to play it. You are thinking of the hearing rules.:cool2:

Instead of ears open and eyes closed, it is ears closed and eyes open.
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Yeah i think it was just to make it harder. If you couldn't see them you didn't know where they were. So you would listen for the polo and or water movement to tell where they were. I guess i'll just have to get used to it.

I have decided that since the sound processors are water resistant that i can jump out of the pool and quickly put the sound processor on if i need to?
Does my hair have to be completely dry to put it on??

Just one of those things i thought i should ask.
 
zebadee2010 said:
Yeah i think it was just to make it harder. If you couldn't see them you didn't know where they were. So you would listen for the polo and or water movement to tell where they were. I guess i'll just have to get used to it.

I have decided that since the sound processors are water resistant that i can jump out of the pool and quickly put the sound processor on if i need to?
Does my hair have to be completely dry to put it on??

Just one of those things i thought i should ask.
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Water resistant means you can sweat, then dry them off and put them in the dryer.
They don't really have a place pool side. They need to be away in waterproof container. You will get used to doing things a little differently.

BUt you absolutely have the best photos!:wave:
 
Bottesini said:
Water resistant means you can sweat, then dry them off and put them in the dryer.
They don't really have a place pool side. They need to be away in waterproof container. You will get used to doing things a little differently.

BUt you absolutely have the best photos!:wave:
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So for clarity they can't get wet? I thought the pamphlets said that things such as getting splashed by water wouldn't harm them. They just didn't need to be submerged..
 
zebadee2010 said:
So for clarity they can't get wet? I thought the pamphlets said that things such as getting splashed by water wouldn't harm them. They just didn't need to be submerged..
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Since I am a HA wearer, I am not the definitive source on CI. But I am pretty sure your doctor or any CI wearer here would advise against putting them on after jumping out of the pool. :dunno:
 
zebadee2010 said:
So for clarity they can't get wet? I thought the pamphlets said that things such as getting splashed by water wouldn't harm them. They just didn't need to be submerged..
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We've definitely splashed and sometimes submerged the N5s a few times without incident -- after getting the rechargeable batteries. In the bath, in sprinklers, once at a lake while kayaking when Li decided to leap into the water after the dog, unexpectedly (oops). We haven't dunked them at the ocean, the combination of sand/sea/salt seems less brochure-worthy -- not quite the calm fishbowl they show. (We once put a Freedom processor in the washer without harming it, but I sure wouldn't try that with her Freedom backups now that the warranty is lapsed).
 
GrendelQ said:
We've definitely splashed and sometimes submerged the N5s a few times without incident -- after getting the rechargeable batteries. In the bath, in sprinklers, once at a lake while kayaking when Li decided to leap into the water after the dog, unexpectedly (oops). We haven't dunked them at the ocean, the combination of sand/sea/salt seems less brochure-worthy -- not quite the calm fishbowl they show. (We once put a Freedom processor in the washer without harming it, but I sure wouldn't try that with her Freedom backups now that the warranty is lapsed).
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So for instance i decide to go swimming and then someone shows up. I get out of the pool and let the majority of the water drain from my head, then put on the CI so that i can hear them. Should I be fine in doing this?

Also based on your experiences it would be fine if it did get wet? I don't plan on getting it wet but i kinda wanna know what will happen if it does..'

And what about showers? this seems to be one of the bigger problems for me..
 
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There a time limit. If you let sit water for a period of time, the water will eventually seeps (sp) in.
 
deafgal001 said:
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There a time limit. If you let sit water for a period of time, the water will eventually seeps (sp) in.
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Yeah i kinda thought that might happen. I've also heard that the pressure of the water matters. While submerged anyways. I'll examine the piece when i get it for any cracks, but i think what i'm talking about should be fine..
 
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People have waterproof their CI using foodsaver seal (without the vaccuum), speedo swim cap (I think the silicone kind) and rechargable batteries( no zinc batteries) .But I wouldn't recommend it. You could lose it from jumping in the pool too much.
 
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Ehm... I dont wear any electronic devices, and with any electronic device (aside from that rolex watch) general knowledge is not to immerse them in water...
 
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Ehm... I dont wear any electronic devices, and with any electronic device (aside from that rolex watch) general knowledge is not to immerse them in water...
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Yeah but upon occasion they made things like submersible pumps and such that are perfectly fine if wet and if submersed. They also have things like water proof cameras, watches of course.. I'm not wanting to go swimming with it just wanting to know how it reacts to water..
 
As you are newly deafend. Im sure some of you other senses will kick in. and they will be better then other peoples... you might be able to feel where other people are in the pool by vibration alone...( ive never played marco polo) It's like i know when people are in my house cause i can feel them walking on the floor along time before i ever see them
 
also if someone is pounding on my front door.... i feel it... they can ring the doorbell all day and i won't know if they are there... but if they beat on the door hard i feel the vibration most of the time
 
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also if someone is pounding on my front door.... i feel it... they can ring the doorbell all day and i won't know if they are there... but if they beat on the door hard i feel the vibration most of the time
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Yeah, i knew about the whole senses thing. Feeling stuff has became a lot better.. I notice things like people stomping a lot easier. My eye sight isn't really better yet but it has problems from my accident.. Smelling has also gotten somewhat better..
 
I'm not recommending it - but I do know some people who have tried using those high quality vaccuum bag sealers (WITHOUT the vaccuum removing all the air) to put the processor and magnet in, then putting a water proof swim cap over everything to help keep out water while floating around in the pool etc ... There are some YouTube demos about how to do this.

Of course - if it gets water damaged and stops working because you want to hear in the pool ... unless you have a back up processor, you might "take out" your hearing entirely until a new processor shows up - something I personally wouldn't want to risk.

Honestly, once you're healed up and given the "ok" to go swimming etc - you may be surprised how much you feel (in the water) and see (reflections). Swimming is actaully one of the times where knowing a handful of ASL signs will be really handy (espeically since you can verbally explain what they mean to whomever you meet). There are a number of people who have HAs and CIs that know just the ASL alphabet and some basic Sign Language for situations like swimming, bathing, "high risk static" situations ..such as plastic play structures, plastic slides ... anything that causes an static electric "jolt" as it can mess up/wipe clean the mapp (the listening program).



For what it's worth - I find that I'm very sensitive to vibrations ... I can tell there is a car coming down the road, the washing machine/dryer is on (and when it stops), when the furnace/air conditioner starts/stops people moving around, all sorts of things. The trick is that you'll feel different frequencies with different parts of your body :)

If your looking for things to do while you're healing ... you might want to try is putting on some music (around what you remember to be a medium-loud volume setting on that device, unless your home alone then crank it a bit :) ) then lightly touching your fingers to the speaker (if your speakers have a grill/grillcloth etc)...also have someone ELSE inflate some latex/silicone balloons (do NOT blow them up yourself as it puts pressure on your ears... NOT good for post-op CI right now) regular cheap dollar store latex/silicone balloons will be fine. Then gently hold it in front of a speaker ... the sound vibrations will transfer to the air in the balloon and amplify the vibrations :) ... I used to do this in elementary music class to help me "hear" the music the teacher played :) I found it to be good for training my brain to start interpreting vibrations I felt as sounds - which is actaully very helpful :)

As for seeing, the "improvement" many Hoh/Deaf people have is being more aware of our peripheral vision ("out of the corner of your eye" vision) - we are often able to sense subtle movements peripherally than most hearing people - because we better utilize the vision we have :) It's actually very neat :)
 
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zebadee2010 said:
So for instance i decide to go swimming and then someone shows up. I get out of the pool and let the majority of the water drain from my head, then put on the CI so that i can hear them. Should I be fine in doing this?

Also based on your experiences it would be fine if it did get wet? I don't plan on getting it wet but i kinda wanna know what will happen if it does..'

And what about showers? this seems to be one of the bigger problems for me..
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The Nucleus 5 has an official water resistance of IP57 (Ingress Protection Rating) which according to the standard means three feet of still water up to 30 minutes. After getting out the pool I would towel dry 30 seconds my face and hair and put on my hearing aids and my CI when I have short hair and should not be a problem from my point of view. Some parents with children that have CI will come up with a idea of using a watertight bag for the CI and put in underneath a swimming cap to hold it in place and that seems to work for some while swimming.
I would not wear my hearing aids or CI in showers since the water is under pressure and any shampoo or oil from the hair could gum up the works. The microphone protectors are made of Gore-Tex and will get plug up in time and it is designed to be user replaceable.
 
save yourself some trouble and money and learn some basic signs and teach it to your friends so they can sign while swimming (notebook in a pool is laughable unless there's one you can use in a pool)

I hated going swimming for fun with my family. there's no one to talk to because I couldn't hear a thing without my hearing aids ( I used speechreading to communicate. I'm a terrible lipreader without sounds using my hearing aids).

Its ok to be deaf in certain situation. Once you realize that, you'll probably feel a lot better.
 
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