Just saw on Facebook:
50 years of unilateral deafness, quite a time!
I had 20–21 years of left ear complete deafness (mumps) before CI implantation. Then, I used it for three years, from morning to night. I wasn’t satisfied, despite not expecting more than a bit of word recognition, so I put the sound processor in a drawer. Almost 7 years of disuse.
Then, after @Raudrive’s advice, I started to try isolating my better ear, found Bluetooth accessory for N6 and streaming only to the CI side a lot…
It works now, and has at least WRS 80% (measured in January 2023), and podcast hearing is improving since then…
@Deaf_piper , have you had MRI and CT? That should rule out many congenital ear defects, like vestibulocochlear nerve hypoplasia.
EDIT: more examples:
