Mary Gorton
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Does anyone have any experience with CI explantation?
Which brand CI do you have? Maybe go to their support/community website and ask there (if you haven't already).
I have a Med El. I spoke with an audiologist from Med El yesterday, and she would think it should come out for a couple reasons. I will share them with my surgeon tomorrow. I'm also worried that an explantation surgery wouldn't be covered by insurance.
If you don't mind to tell, why do you want to excise your CI?
Fuzzy
Ok thx
I want it removed because it doesn't work. Well, I think IT works, but my auditory nerve doesn't. Anyways, I met with my surgeon yesterday at Mayo, and I am having it removed this Wed. He's taking the whole thing out, including the electrodes. A reason he agreed was the nature of NF2 and that I'll be needing MRIs at least once a year. The Med El CI is compatible with 3 tesla, so it's safe without removing the magnet, but it can also cast shadows, sacrificing some image qualities of my tumors. I'm glad it's getting out. One day shy of a month in my head
That makes sense, and thanks for an explanation.
Good luck with the surgery and all! wishing you speedy and painless recovery!
Fuzzy
I want it removed because it doesn't work. Well, I think IT works, but my auditory nerve doesn't. Anyways, I met with my surgeon yesterday at Mayo, and I am having it removed this Wed. He's taking the whole thing out, including the electrodes. A reason he agreed was the nature of NF2 and that I'll be needing MRIs at least once a year. The Med El CI is compatible with 3 tesla, so it's safe without removing the magnet, but it can also cast shadows, sacrificing some image qualities of my tumors. I'm glad it's getting out. One day shy of a month in my head
Keep in mind that ANY metal will cast shadows on CT AND MRI. Your fillings in your teeth (if you have any could cause static (ESP on CT).
You CAN get another brand without the magnet and use a headband for when you want to hear but not be at risk during an MRI.
IF you get bilateral acoustic neuromas that aren't resectible you qualify for an auditory brain stem implant. At that point your 8cranial nerve will have been resected so cochlear implants won't do a damn thing but ABIs are getting better.
I'm sorry you're dealing with this. It is hard enough to loose your hearing but it must be very hard to vice up the thing that let your hear. (If my implant had to be removed I'd be in a puddle of tears on the floor. It has opened up so much to me (but I still sign))
I want it removed because it doesn't work. Well, I think IT works, but my auditory nerve doesn't. Anyways, I met with my surgeon yesterday at Mayo, and I am having it removed this Wed. He's taking the whole thing out, including the electrodes. A reason he agreed was the nature of NF2 and that I'll be needing MRIs at least once a year. The Med El CI is compatible with 3 tesla, so it's safe without removing the magnet, but it can also cast shadows, sacrificing some image qualities of my tumors. I'm glad it's getting out. One day shy of a month in my head
IF you get bilateral acoustic neuromas that aren't resectible you qualify for an auditory brain stem implant. At that point your 8cranial nerve will have been resected so cochlear implants won't do a damn thing but ABIs are getting better.