Recent content by zebadee2010

I experimented with it today and although it stuck to my head I never heard anything. I turned the sesitivity and the volume way down because of those effects but I still couldn't get a signal. But i guess i'll find out next week.. Although I would lover for them to be implant specific so...

Well i'll find out next week, or it may be the next, not sure. But I would say I adjusted better than your average.. I'm about 3 or 4 months out and i'm doing a lot better. Im at 93% hearing and most people are at 65% after 6 months. My doctor thinks it's due to the small amount of time that I...

I already have a CI in my right ear but I had surgery for a CI in my left ear 5 days ago. Now i'm waiting another week until activation, and I had a question.. Will the Ci that I have right now work with the one that is still waiting to be activated? Or are the processors implant specific?

Not really, If i'm listening to music it can be very robotic sounding, but I think that is because of all the drums and guitars. But in everyday conversation things are starting to sound a lot more normal!

Well it definitely does come with time. I went into this thinking that I haven't been that long without hearing, things shouldn't sound too weird, but yet I show up on activation day and what do ya know, everything is robotic and metallic sounding. Luckly I did get used to it pretty quickly...

Oh, i've been working at all this non stop. When I say it's hard in noisy situations, it seems more like the noise is just so much louder than whoever is talking to me. I know they have programs on the CI that are supposed to help with that but I rarely use them. And as for using the phone...

Those numbers were for speech understanding, but I must say I do better with her tests than I do in real conversations, but that is mostly because there is so much noise usually where i'm listening at. But I think in the long run that will help me have better hearing because i'm learning to hear...

I'm doing excellent, just got back from my checkup yesterday and they said that I was at 96% w/o noise and 85% with noise, that was sentences and on single words I was at 90% she said that most of her patients are at 70-80% at 6 months and i'm only at 1 month!

Well this thing will never be good as my natural hearing was.... But things are going great. And it's going as good as it can considering I have to rely on a mic for hearing.. It's still kinda hard to understand in a concert environment. But i'm backstage and out of the path of the speakers.. So...

EDIT: Nvm.. Thought this was to me.

Hmmm.. I don't really know then, maybe your skin is just more sensitive than mine? Mine itched a little bit for a few days, but other than that not much.. I think i've had a great experience so far..

No not really, I have Nike glasses. so they snug my head a bit. That may be why they don't interfere but i'm not sure. it doesn't sit flat but it stays on and doesn't make my glasses stray to either side or anything. As I've read quite a few times on here from others. Don't be to stressed on...

Not really, is your ear or head tender? If its your head it probably won't bother you. But if its your actual ear then i'm not really sure. It's pretty light weight. I also have to wear glasses with it. But i've wore them since I got out of surgery.. Shouldn't be bad though. If it is just...

I'd agree with below. My circumstances have made my progress great. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to hear fine with it after about a month or two. Plus talking on the phone mainly takes practice! It's trying to find where to hold it thats my problem!

I am still continuing to progress really really well. I'm at my winter job, it'll be over in about 2 days. But it's going well, so far i've been able to understand the songs well enough to keep up with the words, but the new songs that I don't know, I'm clueless. And as for the feedback...