I saw the Audiologist this morning. I’m a little bummed. She is recommending I trial CROS amplification. She doesn’t think I’ll qualify for CI’s due to the SRT score of 48% at 95db. She also said that CROS would give me some directionality back. Not sure how that could be.
Even at 95db she sounded like she was in a tunnel huffing helium. I get the feeling that distorted sound isn’t a consideration for CI’s. She told me that everyone would sound like Darth Vader with Cochlear Implants. That sounds contrary to what some have posted.
If anyone knows what the maximum SRT score is to qualify for CI’s, please post it for me.
I see the ENT tomorrow and I’m pretty sure he will go along with the Audiologist’s recommendation.