Cochlear implant

A professor's perspective
For 30 years he could hear normally. Then antibiotics made his world silent.

Physics professor Ian Shipsey lost his hearing after taking strong antibiotics while undergoing chemotherapy. After becoming deaf, Shipsey spent years conducting research at Purdue until he was finally offered a teaching position.

"Teaching while being deaf really brings you down from the pedestal," said Shipsey. "I had to find new ways to interact with students."

In 2002, Shipsey decided to get a cochlear implant. He went through eight unpleasant weeks of healing before doctors could activate his implant. During the activation, Shipsey began to ask, "Have you turned on this device yet?" Before he finished the sentence, he heard his own voice for the first time in 12 years. Soon he was able to hear the voices of his wife and daughter.

"It was amazing," he said. "I had my daughter read me stories as soon as I got home."
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Prof Shipsey was my Physic's prof. one of the reason i got A for the class :) actually i liked his English ascent and stories about his Italian wife and of course, his way of conducting the class. Sometimes, it's the daily demo forced me to way up and go to class. huhuh

if only i might..

i have this feeling that today is going to be one hell of a long day..

it's kinda weird to see your calendar is empty for 2 days in a row.. means u dont need to attend any meeting, no rushing to other building to meet people. ure free to do as u like. and free is of course, should be ur work.

well, i'm done with my b'fast.. it's merely 9am.. what's next? go to lab?? i've just finished moving my bench and hooking up my PC back in lab yesterday. sounds simple, but i actually took 3 hours to do so. stupid USB ports! it only works AFTER my teammate shake the whole PC. what a way to solve problems..

anyway, i dont really like sitting there. it's kinda crowded. no personla space. even thought it's supposed to be MY WORKBENCH, only 1/3 of the whole space is occupied by MY stuff. how can i don any work like that????

"Graduation (Friends Forever)"

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives

Where we're gonna be when we turn 25

I keep thinking times will never change

Keep on thinking things will always be the same

But when we leave this year we won't be coming back

No more hanging out cause we're on a different track

And if you got something that you need to say

You better say it right now cause you don't have another day

Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down

These memories are playing like a film without sound

And I keep thinking of that night in June

I didn't know much of love

But it came too soon

And there was me and you

And then we got real blue

Stay at home talking on the telephone

We would get so excited and we'd get so scared

Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair

And this is how it feels

As we go on

We remember

All the times we

Had together

And as our lives change

Come Whatever

We will still be

Friends Forever

So if we get the big jobs

And we make the big money

When we look back now

Will our jokes still be funny?

Will we still remember everything we learned in school?

Still be trying to break every single rule

Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?

Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with her tan?

I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye

Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

And this is how it feels

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?

Can we survive it out there?

Can we make it somehow?

I guess I thought that this would never end

And suddenly it's like we're women and men

Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?

Will these memories fade when I leave this town

I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye

Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

*for some reason, this song means a lot for my college life. the feelings are different from graduating in high school. it's different crowd, different memories.. let the memories cherish us all..*