 Hello and welcome to Rehab at Home with Medell. In this episode we will learn how John is going hearing the TV and what he does to improve the experience when he watches TV together with his family. Before John got a cochlear implant we'd sit down to watch television and it was really difficult. We couldn't really even have a normal conversation between each other because the volume of the TV was loud and then the commercials would hit and it would be even worse. I'm one of those techie guys that likes to have devices and so of course I had the fancy wireless headphones that you could wear and I honestly thought they were failing because the volume was cranked up to full and then you realise that nobody else in the room has got the TV turned up because they can hear it clearly from your headphones. I guess one of the frustrations of television before is you really do rely on the subtitles. After you get your cochlear implant there is a progression that you go through when you're streaming the television set and that's part of your rehab, it's part of practice. But streaming can be one of those things where it's an amazing thing where you can literally have the TV going straight into your CI but you're also disconnected from the rest of your family. So initially for me I didn't understand that John actually couldn't hear me. He was only listening to the television so he was completely blocked out from anything I was saying. Even though I was disconnected from him and the conversation around socially watching a television show I was still so elated to watch the joy in his face to know wow I can hear everything I understand. Whereas now he doesn't stream as often depending on what we're listening to and the connectedness is back again with sitting on the couch together. If you have been losing your hearing over time then it's likely that the TV volume has been creeping up and like Donna explained that can be uncomfortable for others in the house. When you are starting out use captioning when available on TV shows to help your brain understand what you are hearing. Watch shows you know well and watch them again to practice picking up the dialogue and commentary. Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe to the Medell blog to get all the latest rehab at home videos straight to your inbox.