“By the end of the week, I was hearing the actors’ voices in some scenes, while still hearing the ‘chipmunk’ voices in others. The first time I watched the movie with the subtitles, but after that I tried to just listen to the movie. “In the beginning, several hours of direct streaming was key for me. I refer to the iPod as my therapy device,” she says. “About two weeks before my surgery, I bought an iPod that had enough memory for me to load it with digital movies, music, audio books, and any other therapy programs I could find. But living alone doesn’t mean we can’t be creative,” says Julie, who came up with other “ways to train”. “I’m single and live alone, but I found 90% of the retraining materials revolved around having someone else to help. Julie loves Captain Marvel and Apollo 13 – not only because they were blockbuster Hollywood movies, but because they played a valuable role in helping the 49-year-old learn to listen again after she received her Cochlear™ Nucleus ® 7 Sound Processors.
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