Recent content by MosDeaf

You know damn well that wasn't what was going on. SayWhatKid was trying to pick a fight in here, and Rick used the forum rules to prevent it from happening. Of course SayWhatKid has picked up where he left off in the other thread, trying to bait Rick into a broader argument about CIs and some...

Thank you very much for your response. I have spoken to a couple of neurotologists and several audiologists, but I have not yet been formally evaluated (CT Scan) for CI viability. At one point this year I was signed up to participate in a Med-El short electrode CI clinical trial, but I backed...

Not necessarily true. In my case, my hearing is normal up to ~500hz before dropping sharply into the profound category. I have relied on this bit of hearing all my life, and I would absolutely hate to lose it. I would much rather have a short-electrode implant which only stimulates the high...

CIs are increasingly being recommended for the severely HOH crowd. There are many CI candidates who would like to preserve as much residual hearing as possible.

Yep. Phonak reps. My mistake.

I really can't understand your posts. Apple is NOT getting in the business of manufacturing hearing aids. They are developing a protocol for their phones to work seamlessly with aids developed by existing hearing aid manufacturers. So far they have only filed patents for this. According...

Apple isn't making hearing aids. They are developing a protocol for hearing aid manufacturers to use allowing hearing aids to communicate directly with the iphone, eliminating the need for a streamer. Also, Apple filed patents to allow the user to program their aids via an app, eliminating the...

Perhaps you should look at yourself, and why you feel the need to tell other people what they should do and think. Mandy has improved the quality of her life because of the Esteem, and yet you feel the need to criticize her and accuse her of being a company spokesman. Why is that? Why can't you...

With newer methods designed to preserve residual hearing (hybrid implants), they've gotten it down to about 30%.

Naidas, or if you have the money, a middle-ear-implant like the Esteem or the Maxum. Your dad may be a candidate for cochlear implants.

Seriously, man, find another place to rant about cochlear implants. This thread is about the Esteem middle-ear hearing implant.

The Esteem has been on the market for less than 2 years, and it is fundamentally different from the Vibrant Soundbridge in that it doesn't have a microphone. It is a pretty revolutionary product, and if they can lower the cost it may be the most common / effective way to treat severe hearing...

Since you prefer anecdotal evidence to clinical studies, see the attached audiogram from a friend of mine who had her Esteem activated today. The bottom line is unaided, the middle (black) line is with her hearing aid, and the top "S" line is her hearing now, with the Esteem on at a relatively...

Thank you. Like you, I've done my research. I know that the Esteem is not a miracle device. It is very expensive, and anyone thinking of getting it should be fully informed. What swayed me was a paper written by my prospective surgeon, studying patients with ski-slope hearing loss who had...

Funny how you blindly accept secondhand anecdotal evidence, and then completely ignore the Esteem clinical trial results under a controlled environment, per FDA laws. Confirmation bias at work.