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Old 03-21-2009, 06:12 PM   #21 (permalink)
Daredevel7
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Originally Posted by Bottesini View Post
Those figures in honesty don't count for someone deafened in adulthood. It is misleading. A whole different story.
From what I've experienced so far, the differences between a late deafened person and a born deaf person with a CI:
1) There is a big delay due to getting used to the sounds. I've been mapped 4 times and haven't technically been adjusted yet!
2) Therapy is a MUST since I cannot tell the audiologist how to change the mapping because I have no idea if it sounds right or wrong. My AVT, after only 2 sessions, already knows how I am hearing "wrong". Certain sounds tests distinguish mistakes that I make due to the fact that I cannot tell the difference between 2 sounds not because I don't know what the sounds are.

Interesting stuff!
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