What's Inside my bag?

Not this bag

this:

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KSP

I'll take a break muna from blogging, blog hopping and dropping of entrecards.. Hiatus ba.. Uso eh..

THIS IS THE REASON

Eh I don't blog naman talaga regularly.. Wala lang.. Papansin lang.. You could visit me there if you like.. Wala naman akong ibang gagain kundi lumamon, read a book, watch dvd and swim!!! yey!

Sabi sa text:

SMILE
it makes a world of difference

DANCE
who knows when you won't be able to

CRY
holding those emotions in is bad for you

KISS
kisses are the most wonderful thing in the world

LAUGH
what's the point of hiding happiness?

FROWN
why not let him/her know you're unhappy?

APOLOGIZE
you don't want to lose friends

HUG
there's no better feeling being wrapped up close to someone you love

PRAY
and ask for guidance

LIVE
because life is beautiful

Understand Katrina

Watch this!!!

Visit: http://www.katrina.heavenmind.com/

Cure NF2

Yahoo! I already got the NF2 wristbands i ordered.. My mom got the package from Mandaluyong Post Office this morning.. Thanks Ms. Lanita McGee of NF2 Crew..

image from http://www.nf2crew.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=204

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I have Profound Bilateral Vestibular Loss

from: http://www.wicab.us

Wicab, Inc. has developed the BrainPort™ technology to transmit external sensory information to the brain through a substitute sensory channel: electrotactile stimulation of the tongue. The use of the tongue as a sensory substitution channel has been previously established (see technical papers section of web site). For the brain to correctly interpret information from a sensory substitution device, it is not necessary for the information to be presented in the same form as the natural sensory system. For example, we do not see with the eyes; the optical image does not go beyond the retina where it is turned into spatio-temporal patterns of action potentials along the optic nerve fibers. The brain then recreates the images from analysis of the impulse patterns. Thus, for a sensory substitution event to occur, one need only to accurately entrain action potentials in an alternate information channel, which do not differ significantly for the individual senses. With training, the brain learns to appropriately interpret that information and utilize it to function as it would with data from the intact natural sense. In the proposed balance applications, the BrainPort device substitutes for the lack of vestibular input by transmitting information about head position, as sensed by an accelerometer, to an electrode array placed on the tongue. Prior research with a prototype device has shown that the BrainPort device permits people with severe or profound Bilateral Vestibular Loss (BVL) to maintain near-normal static posture control under a variety of conditions, including quiet sitting or standing and during activities of daily living, such as walking in a crowd or on soft uneven surfaces.* The BrainPort balance device is essentially a mechanism to supply sensory information to the subject through electrical impulses directed to the tongue. The tongue is a uniquely qualified target for electrical impulses because of 1) the density and sensitivity of nerve fibers at this site and 2) the suitability of the tongue to receive and maintain electrical contacts in terms of chemical environment, which minimizes the electrical energy requirement and point of contact skin irritation.

Last Friday & Saturday of May & First Sunday of June

I've been busy and was out of the house these past three days and aylabit! :P

It was the 2nd tuning (mapping) of my CI last Friday (May 30).. I was told by Ms. Kate to observe the sound I'm hearing and be back on Thursday for my 3rd mapping.. I still can't hear speech but I could hear real soft sound in closed spaces already.. Yey! I'll be able to hear you real soon!