Just wanted to talk about an interesting mapping I had yesterday.
I had a mapping about 1.5 months ago, and I've noticed that in the past 2 weeks, I would get this irritating sound whenever someone's talking reaches a specific frequency. It's not all the time when they are talking, but certain syllables would cause this irritating feeling. And it happens more with men who have a higher voice or women who have a deeper voice. I had CI therapy on Wednesday and we were testing out to see what specific frequency would cause the irritation. She determined that /ah/ and /uh/ were the culprits and wanted me to have an "emergency CI mapping" (which cracked me up cuz it didn't hurt me much, just annoying).
So yesterday I had that emergency mapping (It's hilarious to tell my boss "Sorry I gotta go, I'm having an emergency mapping." ) She tested each electrode, and we found 2 that gave the irritating feeling. And guess what? Those 2 electrodes are responsible for the frequency ranges that /ah/ and /uh/ are located in. I thought it was really cool for some reason.
What was even cooler was that, after correcting the bad electrode problem, we went on to do the typical mapping of increasing comfort levels, then did the Ling sounds. I got them all perfectly, which is common, but then she started doing babbling sounds with the consonants that I have problems distinguishing, such as /p/ /t/ /k/ /d/ /g/ /b/. She said all of them like "bo bo bo". I GOT THEM ALL 100%. I could hear WAY more details within the consonants than 5 min ago! The mapper and I looked at each other wide eyed and I yelled at her "SAVE THIS!! NOW!!! CONTROL+S!!!!! CONTROL+S!!!"
It was just kinda awesome how a little change can do so much!
