After loosing my remaining hearing to Chemotherapy, I went for a CI assessment despite having no platelets so I bleed easily.
The assessment was hard as it involved a lot of different things and dealing with tiredness, the assessment had to be done in more appointments than normal.
I have zero hearing left and zero speech with my Oticon Xceed 1 UP hearing aids.
In about 6 months, I should get 1 x CI and hopefully the Bleeding Disorder Clinic can come up with a plan so I get surgery.
I chose Cochlear and won’t be wearing a Resound (UK) Danalogic hearing aid in the other ear as there’s no hearing left.
Despite being a Phonak fan for years, I thought Cochlear offered more the AB for what I need.
That is excellent news.
When I was young I was given a vitamin K shot to help stop bleeding while the doctor sewed me up.
Hopefully there are better ways now to help with bleeding.
I do wish you all the luck with this CI and procedure.
Vitamin K is a cofactor needed to produce plasma clotting factors. After chemotherapy, the main problem is with the quantity of platelets which are produced by megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.
Platelets are needed for the first stages of making a clot. Plasma clotting factors - later.
@Zebras, excellent news!!! Can you ask whether you receive one of the CI1000 series, for example, CI1032?I think it could be important, especially in circumstances that you can get only unilateral CI.
Hello Zebras, this is wonderful news for you. The evaluation process is tough for someone who doesn’t have health issues like you. I can’t imagine what you had to go through to complete the CI evaluation.
Cochlear is a good choice, do you know if you are able to get the new Nexa implant? It’s been released in Australia already. Or are you getting the older Nucleus implant? I do agree with @Bimodal_user it will be important for you to get the best array possible in your circumstances.
If you get the choice wait for the new Nexa internals. There’s a lot of information in the Kanso 3 thread about the new Nexa implant.
I wish you all the very best on your new hearing journey Ruth.
Yes, the internal part of the implant is called the array.
Typically the surgeon that looks at your CT or MRI scans makes the decision which array is best suited for your particular implant.
Under the skin is the same internal device (within the CI1000s series), but there are different electrode arrays, for example, assuming from the previous generations: CI1012, CI1022, CI1032, possibly etc.
Some of them are straight electrodes, some are are perimodiolar, which are closer to the spiral ganglion, thus facilitating more accurate and more energy-efficient stimulation.
Depending on your cochlear anatomy, surgeon chooses one of them. Probably the most optimized is perimodiolar in 1032 or in the thicker (1012) perimodiolar array version.
More info in the example of the previous CI 600 generation - the last two digits rule nomenclature is the same.
