IRV STARR'S COCHLEAR IMPLANT JOURNEY

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

MY NEW JOB!!

Hi everyone again. I just want you all to know that Since May 25th, 2008 I have been working in sales at THE GAP store here in Santa Clara, Ca. My job, in part, is to greet and help customers in the baby and toddler sections. Our store usually has music playing on the PA, yet with my Cochlear implant I can probably hear 90 % of what by customers say. I use a sensitivity program, and try to cut out as much environmental noise as possible. My biggest problem is very fast talkers and folks with foreign accents. I am doing very well, and love the job. Not bad for a deaf 73 year old!!! I still do well on the phone and music is still pretty bad. Can't have everything.