Before, I could hear only silence...

[darkphantomime]

A few weeks ago, as some of you may know, I had an operation for an implant to  be placed in connection with my left ear.

Before, my left ear could give little more but silence, but now... Now I have the cochlear implant, the external equipment... And now I can truly hear the higher registers of the music I have. Before I heard only silence in those places and that often frustrated me...

But now...

[MagmarFire]

So your auditory perception has improved!? That's great, JQ! :)

[Darth Wyndisis]

That's great!  Hope it continues to go well for you.

[Takun]

Thats cool man. Happy to hear that you can stop being frustrated.

[MasterKeyX]

That was a pun. Heh. Hehe. Heh.  :-*

Anyway, I'm really glad for you, JQ. I hope this really makes you happy!  :)

[Keaton]

Congrats, dood!  I'm so glad that you can now use music to get high...

[Twilight Wolf]

I'm very happy for you, JQ. I know you love your music, and now that you can enjoy it to an even greater depth, that must be a wonderful feeling.

[Gamefreak]

I'm glad to see that you can hear.

I can't imagine what it must be like to go from being deaf to being able to hear.

[darkphantomime]

Granted, it's not full hearing just yet. It will take time and practice before I'll be able to understand what people say.

Then there's the right ear which is still losing hearing level, but still much better than the left ear without the implant.

[Rev Rabies]

JQ's slowly becoming the six million dollar man

[Mysterious F.]

I am happy that you are now able to hear things (at least better than before).

[Takun]

So why are you losing your hearing? Or has it always been at a low level?

[darkphantomime]

Genetic disorder called Mitochondrial Myopathy. My specific myopathy effects my vision, hearing, and my energy level.

[Takun]

At what rate does your seeing and hearing decrease? If you don't mind me asking that is.

[darkphantomime]

I don't think there's a define 'rate'. I really don't know how such a rate would  be even calculated.