Hi I live in Ontario, I am 70 years old and just qualified for a cochlear implant for my left ear. The reason is that I have meniers.
My hearing is constantly in flux. Volume, tone and clarity change, daily, hourly, even minutely.
Word recognition in my left ear is poor as it sounds distorted, like a broken speaker.
There are three cochlear implants available to me. MED-EL, advance bionics cochlear corporation. The surgeon seemed to favour medel because he said something about they have different sizes compared to advanced bionic which only has one size.
Unlike hearing aids, we are not able to try these out. And select which cochlear implant sounds the best for me.
My question is how do we select which brand of cochlear implant? Of the three Which one sounds more natural ?
Which of the three gives better word recognition?
Which of the three works well with the oticon hearing aid that I will be using in my right ear?
Which of the three works with hearing aid apps to control both hearing aid and cochlear implant at the same time?