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Hey JClarke!
I've had a CI since Dec 2008. It's definitely helped me hear a lot more. In fact, when I go back to the HA on the other ear, I'm surprised how LITTLE I can hear with the HA. However, I am not at that point where I can understand without lipreading easily. I can pick up a few phrases here and there without lipreading. CI also helps me to lipread. There is ONE big con: the expectation of others. I am so sick and tired of people asking me "So can you hear now?". Everyone says that they "know" that it isn't a cure, but they sure don't act like it. I can understand why. If you're doing surgery, it must be important/big thing, hence big results, right? However, what they don't understand is that, if you understand speech well, isn't THAT somewhat the result of a cure? Once you understand speech with no lipreading, what else is there??? I think hearing people just don't comprehend the large range of "understanding" by listening only. The questioning/interrogating was worse in the beginning, but now they are starting to back off. Whew...
If I had the choice to do a CI all over again, I'd still definitely do it, but in secret, so that people wouldn't know about it and ask me constantly about it. Geez!
My advice: Don't expect a cure and just don't let others bother you! Good luck with everything!!!
I've had a CI since Dec 2008. It's definitely helped me hear a lot more. In fact, when I go back to the HA on the other ear, I'm surprised how LITTLE I can hear with the HA. However, I am not at that point where I can understand without lipreading easily. I can pick up a few phrases here and there without lipreading. CI also helps me to lipread. There is ONE big con: the expectation of others. I am so sick and tired of people asking me "So can you hear now?". Everyone says that they "know" that it isn't a cure, but they sure don't act like it. I can understand why. If you're doing surgery, it must be important/big thing, hence big results, right? However, what they don't understand is that, if you understand speech well, isn't THAT somewhat the result of a cure? Once you understand speech with no lipreading, what else is there??? I think hearing people just don't comprehend the large range of "understanding" by listening only. The questioning/interrogating was worse in the beginning, but now they are starting to back off. Whew...
If I had the choice to do a CI all over again, I'd still definitely do it, but in secret, so that people wouldn't know about it and ask me constantly about it. Geez!
My advice: Don't expect a cure and just don't let others bother you! Good luck with everything!!!