@Toti i don’t use or need headphones for telephone calls, I never have. If I put my iPhone onto speaker I can understand callers. I can even do this without my processor, but I need a very quite room with no noise. Obviously I much prefer using BT though.
I don’t have any trouble understanding anyone wearing masks, as long as I’m bimodal.
I don’t have a need to lip read anymore. Yes I can understand people with just my HA but it’s hit and miss in what I catch from the conversation. I can even hear without any device. Providing someone is directly in front of me, talks clearly all the time and the room is quite. But obviously it’s a hell of a lot better with my bimodal system in place. I don’t understand what you mean by headset? Do you mean processor?
At this stage I don’t need anymore. I’ve decided not to have a 2nd CI until my residual declines more. As I still have some lows remaining. Have a look at my audiogram. Life before my CI was very hard. I have no regrets and I’m extremely happy with my results from getting a CI. Life is so much better being able to hear.
At 20 months post implant I could still get some improvements, but if I don’t my hearing now is fantastic and I’m not worried about it.
My opinion about my journey is it’s been a lot of hard work. I’ve spent countless hours in rehab, and if I hadn’t have done the rehab I wouldn’t have got my excellent results that I have achieved. But I’m so grateful for the CI and what I’ve achieved.
@Toti I can still hear just using HA. But it’s hard work I need that person to be in front of me and only one person at a time talking. I have to really concentrate on what’s being said as well, with no background noise.
Because I’ve lost some of my residual from my CI ear, only using the one HA is worse than before being implanted. I have very little natural hearing in my CI ear. It’s much better by 200% using my bimodal system.
Hi touches! I am hoping you are still on this forum. I see you waited 2 years before upgrading your HA to a compatible Resound. In the meantime, how did that work? Did you stream into the HA on one side, and the Nucleus on the other? Is it an either/or proposition? I presently have a neckloop with my Widex aids which are paired via Bluetooth. I am wondering if I will still be able to do that on the HA side and stream with the Nucleus on the other side. I don’t want to have to purchase a new hearing aid just yet as the surgeon said I may likely qualify in a year’s time for a second implant.
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Hi Susan, I had a starkey HA in the ear that was not implanted and had a control to use for that HA and a control for the implant. It worked ok but got to a point that the starkey HA was not doing the job so we with the Resound HA as it was compatable to the cochlear implant and had an app that would control the HA so got rid of one tool that did not need. It works great now other than you have to control the HA with the app and the implant with the other device. The newest update for cochlear either Kanso or N devices all work with the resound app as I understand but not completely sure. Hope this helps explain let me know if there is anything else that I can answer.
Thanks so much, for your answer! I think I have it straight now. I should be able to muddle along for awhile with the old hearing aid. It seems to be working well for now, even though it is 5 years old. I am very glad you are still on this forum - no doubt I will have another qustion or two along this journey!
Susan are you aware that AB has had a lot of recalls on the implanted part, because they have been faulty. This means you have to have the implanted electrode removed the another surgically implanted.
Hi there. Yes, I am aware and it is of concern to me but I assume if there is a recall they would have recalled any unused potentially faulty implants. If AB are recommended as the best option for me I will likely accept what they say. I have ruled out Med-el because of short battery life, so Cochlear is my other acceptable option. Thank-you for pointing it out.
I had my appointment with my surgeon today. He’s very happy with the result from my R) CI. Again he asked about my L) ear and what do I want to do with that ear.
I asked what was the possibility of getting a reasonable/good result after 70yrs of not hearing highs. He replied it would be trial and error, as no guarantees could be given.
I asked if the highs were problematic could they be turned off and just use the mids and lows. He responded yes that can be done.
What array, he would use a 622ad that would give my highs the best chance. But he also said I could lose my lows in the procedure.
I’ve decided to sit and wait until I either lose more lows or my Enzo 3D isn’t giving me any benefit anymore.
So I’ve been officially discharged from the CIC here at the E&E clinic in Melbourne. When/if the time comes all I need to do is ring for another assessment and appointment with my surgeon. So my life just goes on with bi annual mappings.
Tuff decision. Your word/sentence understanding is in the mid 90’s if I remember right. That’s really good and no reason to mess that up taking a chance for a little better. You have been on the fence about this for a while. Glad to see it’s done.
One thing about it, you can still hear things without an aid or processor, that’s a good thing.
WOW! What a journey it has been…
Today I went to the Cochlear Centre for my 3yr annual checkup… Because I’m past the 1st year full assessment stage, my AuD did a part assessment only… She only did 20 words/sentences instead of the usual 50…
My WRS CI ear is 90%
Phoneme 88%
SRT is 2.0
Overall 97%…I’m absolutely stoked…
My bilateral aided is 97%…Even though it took me a long time to come to a decision about moving forward with a CI it’s been a fabulous journey. One I will never regret and still getting better 3 yrs on…
One thing that is so difficult for bimodal recipients is getting a good balance between the 2 devices. Especially for those that have 2 AuD’s, one for each device as I do…
*My volume on my CI was tweaked to balance with my HA. What a huge difference this has made…
*She adjusted the default sensitivity, it’s now set on a new default of 9…This has cut out all road noise while driving… Just brilliant…She did say the sensitivity cannot be changed in your first 12 months…
*She gave me a music setting- listening to the radio on the way home in the car was absolutely horrid!! Because the sensitivity reverts to 12. All I could hear was road noise… Listening to music on main scan map was by far the better option… She mentioned I need to do “Bring back the beat” UGH! as an exercise to improve music appreciation…I will get to it once I download the app again.
*Lastly she set me up for remote care… Sadly they still can’t do a mapping only small adjustments…But mappings is in the pipeline…
She asked me again if I want to go bilateral, why the hell would I want to with scores like I got today…
What a day I’ve had!
As we Aussies say I’m as happy as a pig in mud…
Rick this app is painful! The drums, sax, piano, guitar, tuba, trumpet, banjo, and all the others that weren’t electric sounded really good. Pitch was reasonably good…But the organ sounded absolutely jolly horrid even It sounded like a dozen mice squeaking along all out of beat and off pitch. I’ve never heard anything like it to even try and describe it. Other than absolutely . It was worse when I listened bimodal mode.
I used that app for a while, obviously not long enough!
Each instrument was horrible to listen to with CI at first. What I found was each instrument started getting better as I practiced with the app. I believe the app works.
It’s sad to say but I pretty much gave up on music a long time ago. Bad hearing does not do music well.
I have a few favorite songs I listen to now and then and they have gotten much better with CI. Because of this I have not pursued music like a musician or music lover would.
Good luck with this Sheryl. I might even give Bring Back the Beat another try.
@Deaf_piper@Raudrive When I listen to music, I have done it bimodal. What I have noticed is until I listen closely, the sound is off by an octave of what I remember it sounding. I’m like why is the singing a note off (usually higher, I think) of what it should be? It sounds funny.
Glad to hear the word recognition is great with your devices. Each time I see the audiologist for my implant, I’m having her turn the volume on my sound processor louder to balance the sound. It always seems my hearing aid is louder. It’s getting better as if someone is talking on my implant side, I can tell the difference in sound. So I don’tvthonk it’s quite there yet. I go for my 2 year in September.
