Category Archives: Research
Next Step
What’s all this TDU stuff about? 1. What does TDU stand for? Tongue Display Unit 2. What does it do? A person without a working vestibular system cannot sense where they are in space. What the TDU does is relay … Continue reading
Posted in Aminoglycosides, Beginnings, Biomedical Research, Clinical Research, Disability, Disability Noise, Discovery, Gentamicin, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Research, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, Subject Zero, The Noise of Disability, Tongue Display Unit, trauma, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, Bill Angelos, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, TDU, University of Wisconsin, Yuri Danilov
Leave a comment
Physical Therapy Begins – 1998
Chapter Ten Physical Therapy Begins – 1998 It took three agonizing months before a combination of doctor and insurance approved referrals granted me time in physical therapy. That was late January 1998. In order to start my balance re-training a … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Identity, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Resilience, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, The Noise of Disability, Tongue Display Unit, Transition, trauma, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, Bill Angelos, brainport, cheryl schiltz, Dr. Mark Pyle, gentamicin, madison, Madison College, Mitchell Tyler, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, Subject Zero, Surgery, TDU, University of Wisconsin, Yuri Danilov
Leave a comment
How it all Started – 1995 -1997
Chapter Six How it all Started It was in 1995 and 1996 when I started experiencing complications with my menstrual cycles. The pain was so bad I couldn’t get out of bed for the first two to three days. I … Continue reading
Posted in Aminoglycosides, Beginnings, Biomedical Research, Disability, Discovery, Gentamicin, Gravity, Inspiration, Lessons, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, re-educated attention, Rehabilitation, Research, Resilience, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, Subject Zero, Tongue Display Unit, Transition, trauma, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, Subject Zero, Surgery, TDU, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
5 Comments
Pills, Hope, and a Frightening Discovery
Chapter Five Pills, Hope and a Frightening Discovery I looked to the meclizine in hope it would take everything away. I faithfully took each pill as instructed in anticipation that my sense of knowing where I was in space would … Continue reading
Posted in Aminoglycosides, Beginnings, Disability, Disability Noise, Discovery, Expressing It, Gentamicin, Gravity, Identity, Inspiration, Lessons, Living with a Label, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Resilience, Self Help, Spirit, Subject Zero, Thoughts, Transition, trauma, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, Artificial Life, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, Subject Zero, Thought, University of Wisconsin, Yuri Danilov
2 Comments
