A few pictures....

Below is Dr. Morris, the surgeon who did Raymond's surgery, and soon-to-be my surgery.

This is excerpted from the Dalhousie University website - Dr. David P. Morris, BSc, MBBS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(ORL-HNS), has a special interest in Otology, Implantation and Neurotology. He graduated from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London and, after basic surgical training in the south of England, he completed his Residency in Otolaryngology in Manchester. At the end of the Program, he was awarded the Royal Society of Medicine Gold Medal for his performance in the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination. He completed a year long Otology/Neurotology Fellowship in the Division of otolaryngology with Dr. Manohar Bance in December 2002 (Halifax, NS). After a brief return to the U.K., he came back to join the division in October, 2003.

Below is Dr. Morris' "fellow" assistant, Dr. Allan Ho, MBBS(UK), Dip.Health Research(Leeds), MRCS(UK), FRCS(ORL-HNS). Dr. Ho assisted with Raymond's surgery:

These pictures were taken at the Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres in Halifax, NS - activation day of January 8, 2008:

Above picture is our audiologist of the Nova Scotia Cochlear Implant Program - Catherine Creaser, M.Sc. Aud (C).

Getting ready!!!

Watching the set-up....

Now connected to the computer - ready for programming the processer. This is called mapping.

The final result. Where the headpiece is, that is where the implant is - under the skin, embedded in his skull.