Yesterday I had a calibration appointment for my Cochlear implant.
It started with the audiologist connecting the device to her computer and playing a range of beeps at various frequencies, starting too low to hear, and increasing them until they were at a comfortable volume.
She then read out a number of words from a printed list of about 30, with her face obscured, and I had to locate the word on the list and repeat it without being able to lip-read. Passed that without problem.
Next, she placed a page of 12 half sentences in front of me. Again, obscuring her face, she read out the full sentence which I had to repeat back to her. The example I recall was:
Printed: She cleaned the floor....
The spoken sentence: She cleaned the floor with a mop and broom.
I passed all 12 sentences at the first attempt. She said she normally doesn't get to pulling that page out until the second month. I've had the device for 9 days.
I can now hold conversations, watch the TV, and talk on the phone without the hearing aid in the other ear.