How do we select which brand of cochlear implant?

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I recommend reading my two posts:

Phonak Naida L50-SP - programming issues

It’s worth the effort. Many implanted people regret to not be implanted earlier. Hearing aids probably don’t give you over that 68%. The only way to elevate WRS score is cochlear implant. My decision about my left ear was easy because it hears totally zero. Your left ear is quite unusable to hear speech so you also have almost nothing to lose with surgery. Concededly, I have CI from Cochlear company, but if you plan use Naida on right ear consider Advanced Bionics because of bilateral coopera…

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Phonak Naida L50-SP - programming issues

@younguy69, there are other useful topics: Any major reservations regarding Advanced Bionics brand? - Cochlear Implants - Hearing Aid Forum - Active Hearing Loss Community (hearingtracker.com) Anyone here with a Cochlear implant regretted it? - Cochlear Implants - Hearing Aid Forum - Active Hearing Loss Community (hearingtracker.com) Advanced Bionics CI Activation a Success - Cochlear Implants - Hearing Aid Forum - Active Hearing Loss Community (hearingtracker.com) On this forum @joanhawsey i…