Don't you wish..

Ephesians2_8 · 11-11-2006, 09:38 AM

that you have a closer audiologist who can do mapping. I hate driving 3 hours just for mapping.

I think we need to speak up on this because of growing number of people getting CI.

Cloggy · 11-11-2006, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ephesians2_8

that you have a closer audiologist who can do mapping. I hate driving 3 hours just for mapping.

I think we need to speak up on this because of growing number of people getting CI.

I agree. Here in Norway mapping is done only in Oslo (for children) which can be a 1 to 3 hour flight... (driving is out of the question)

I thought of doing it myself.... but that seems to be a bit ambitious... LOL

Ephesians2_8 · 11-11-2006, 12:26 PM

you just made me appreciate driving 3 hours, hehe. Sorry that you have to go so far away. I hope they will build more clinics closer to your home soon.

Lillys dad · 11-11-2006, 12:35 PM

Wow! You guys make me feel spoiled! I live 1 minute from the highway. The audi is three exits down the road. I guess that is another advantage of living in a city where there are three oral schools and a very good ssd.

Ephesians2_8 · 11-11-2006, 12:38 PM

We have a lot of audiologists in our city (yes, I live a city but it is not a major city) but none of them can do mapping. I feel they should be train how to do mapping.

fyborg · 11-11-2006, 12:56 PM

I live only fifteen minutes from the school where I get my maps...Wow, I'm lucky I don't have to fly or drive three hours!

LuciaDisturbed · 11-11-2006, 01:05 PM

My audiologist who does my mappings is across town, we either have to take the bus or use Medicaid transportation. I wish she was closer like maybe downtown or even in my neighborhood. (Medicaid transportation really sucks and it takes over an hour each way on the buses). Oh well, I still am gonna go to her because she signs.

Ephesians2_8 · 11-11-2006, 01:10 PM

I wished I could take a bus. it is really boring to drive for 3 hours. *yawn* My husband can't go with me because he have to work AND my son have school so it is really boring when you driving without company.

neecy · 11-11-2006, 02:05 PM

My audie lives over on the mainland, and since I'm on an island, I either have to take a ferry (1 1/2 hrs) and then drive to the hospital (45 mins) or fly (which is very expensive). Either way it costs time and money.

R2D2 · 11-11-2006, 03:08 PM

Just a 45 minute drive closer into the city for me.

Lillys dad · 11-11-2006, 03:20 PM

Fyborg, I guess you go to SJ for mapping? We use CID. Its about the same amount of time as yours. As I said, there are advantages to living in a city with 3 oral schools.

momtotoes · 11-11-2006, 06:56 PM

I feel very fortunate! We have a 45 minute drive from home... but it is only 15 minutes from my office. So I just meet my husband and Erin at the audi's office.

This explains why they looked at me funny when I asked if there was an option closer to home.

fyborg · 11-11-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Lillys dad

Fyborg, I guess you go to SJ for mapping? We use CID. Its about the same amount of time as yours. As I said, there are advantages to living in a city with 3 oral schools.

Yeah, I go to SJ...I know how fortunate I am to live close to SJ!

Hear Again · 11-11-2006, 10:39 PM

I have two CI centers within driving distance of my home. One of them is located 5 minutes away by car. The other is 5-10 minutes away by car and 30 minutes away by public transportation. If either of these CI centers closed, I could drive one hour south to reach another CI center.

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LuciaDisturbed · 11-11-2006, 10:55 PM

You're lucky. I wish my CI clinic was within walking distance.

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

I have two CI centers within driving distance of my home. One of them is located 5 minutes away by car. The other is 5-10 minutes away by car and 30 minutes away by public transportation. If either of these CI centers closed, I could drive one hour south to reach another CI center.

Ephesians2_8 · 11-11-2006, 11:18 PM

wow, you all must live in or near Major cities. I don't think I would ever live in huge city though. I like my hometown.

**RedheadGrrl** · 11-12-2006, 12:22 AM

15 to 30 mins drive to hearing & speech center from my home. If no car, then an hour on the bus.

Boult · 11-12-2006, 09:11 AM

I live north of the city and I have to leave an hour before my appointment and I go by the city bus or pedal my bike to the center(it double as my work out

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sr171soars · 11-13-2006, 07:02 AM

I'm fortunate. It only takes me about 45 minutes to get to my center. I can't complain now that I only go for yearly appointments for my remaps.

Ephesians - I wouldn't call Raleigh NC a big city but it is a nice healthy mid sized city that is growing by leaps and bounds. It isn't too bad yet. Probably in two decades it will be a big city and I will be retired around that time anyway (I would only move a little further out than where I'm at now). There are advantages to living near where everything is as opposed to going through what you probably have to deal with. I admit you probably have a great quality of life without all the traffic, congestion, and other issues.

Ephesians2_8 · 11-13-2006, 08:54 AM

that's what we are, a mid - sized city and I am happy where I am. I don't think this city will get any bigger though because of the mountains surrounding it. I was born and raised in Appalachian Valley (it is near the city where I currently living) so I hate to leave it for a bigger city. I will just stick with the three hour drive.

cdmeggers · 11-19-2006, 09:16 PM

I currently live in WY and if I wanted to get a CI, I have to go to another state. Makes things a bit more complicated for me.

11-11-2006, 09:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ephesians2_8 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 120	Don't you wish.. that you have a closer audiologist who can do mapping. I hate driving 3 hours just for mapping. I think we need to speak up on this because of growing number of people getting CI. __________________ Exo 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Want to know how to be saved? click here: Salvation

11-11-2006, 12:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ephesians2_8 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 120	you just made me appreciate driving 3 hours, hehe. Sorry that you have to go so far away. I hope they will build more clinics closer to your home soon. __________________ Exo 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Want to know how to be saved? click here: Salvation

11-11-2006, 12:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lillys dad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: St. Louis MO. Posts: 863	Wow! You guys make me feel spoiled! I live 1 minute from the highway. The audi is three exits down the road. I guess that is another advantage of living in a city where there are three oral schools and a very good ssd. __________________ Lilly CI right ear Sept 8 2005 CI left ear Jan 17 2007

11-11-2006, 12:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ephesians2_8 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 120	We have a lot of audiologists in our city (yes, I live a city but it is not a major city) but none of them can do mapping. I feel they should be train how to do mapping. __________________ Exo 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Want to know how to be saved? click here: Salvation

11-11-2006, 12:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
fyborg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 642	I live only fifteen minutes from the school where I get my maps...Wow, I'm lucky I don't have to fly or drive three hours! __________________ Red Shirts are 88% more likely to be shot at. Stay away and stay alive!

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11-11-2006, 01:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
LuciaDisturbed Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 7,733	My audiologist who does my mappings is across town, we either have to take the bus or use Medicaid transportation. I wish she was closer like maybe downtown or even in my neighborhood. (Medicaid transportation really sucks and it takes over an hour each way on the buses). Oh well, I still am gonna go to her because she signs. __________________ "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - Philosopher George Santayana. Implanted left ear 10/11/06, activated 10/16/06 - Nucleus Freedom My own CI experience, my views on CI and ASL and Deaf Culture and Society DeviantArt

11-11-2006, 01:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ephesians2_8 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 120	I wished I could take a bus. it is really boring to drive for 3 hours. yawn My husband can't go with me because he have to work AND my son have school so it is really boring when you driving without company. __________________ Exo 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Want to know how to be saved? click here: Salvation

11-11-2006, 02:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
neecy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 1,409	My audie lives over on the mainland, and since I'm on an island, I either have to take a ferry (1 1/2 hrs) and then drive to the hospital (45 mins) or fly (which is very expensive). Either way it costs time and money. __________________ Friends are angels that lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

11-11-2006, 03:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
R2D2 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 2,605	Just a 45 minute drive closer into the city for me. __________________ Left ear implanted 9th June 2006 Activated 29th June 2006 Right ear implanted 31st August 2007 Activated 18th September Both Nucleus Freedom Cochlear implant myths

11-11-2006, 03:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
Lillys dad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: St. Louis MO. Posts: 863	Fyborg, I guess you go to SJ for mapping? We use CID. Its about the same amount of time as yours. As I said, there are advantages to living in a city with 3 oral schools. __________________ Lilly CI right ear Sept 8 2005 CI left ear Jan 17 2007

11-11-2006, 06:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
momtotoes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 63	I feel very fortunate! We have a 45 minute drive from home... but it is only 15 minutes from my office. So I just meet my husband and Erin at the audi's office. This explains why they looked at me funny when I asked if there was an option closer to home.

11-11-2006, 10:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hear Again Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 20,122 Blog Entries: 6	I have two CI centers within driving distance of my home. One of them is located 5 minutes away by car. The other is 5-10 minutes away by car and 30 minutes away by public transportation. If either of these CI centers closed, I could drive one hour south to reach another CI center. Hear Again Left ear - Nucleus 24 Contour Advance with 3G Implanted: 12/22/04 Activated: 1/18/05 Right ear - Nucleus Freedom Implanted: 2/1/06 Activated: 3/1/06

11-11-2006, 11:18 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ephesians2_8 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 120	wow, you all must live in or near Major cities. I don't think I would ever live in huge city though. I like my hometown. __________________ Exo 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Want to know how to be saved? click here: Salvation

11-12-2006, 12:22 AM	#17 (permalink)
RedheadGrrl Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,827	15 to 30 mins drive to hearing & speech center from my home. If no car, then an hour on the bus.

11-13-2006, 07:02 AM	#19 (permalink)
sr171soars Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,700	I'm fortunate. It only takes me about 45 minutes to get to my center. I can't complain now that I only go for yearly appointments for my remaps. Ephesians - I wouldn't call Raleigh NC a big city but it is a nice healthy mid sized city that is growing by leaps and bounds. It isn't too bad yet. Probably in two decades it will be a big city and I will be retired around that time anyway (I would only move a little further out than where I'm at now). There are advantages to living near where everything is as opposed to going through what you probably have to deal with. I admit you probably have a great quality of life without all the traffic, congestion, and other issues. __________________ But trailing clouds of glory till He comes... Foolishness is not a virtue

11-13-2006, 08:54 AM	#20 (permalink)
Ephesians2_8 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 120	that's what we are, a mid - sized city and I am happy where I am. I don't think this city will get any bigger though because of the mountains surrounding it. I was born and raised in Appalachian Valley (it is near the city where I currently living) so I hate to leave it for a bigger city. I will just stick with the three hour drive. __________________ Exo 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Want to know how to be saved? click here: Salvation

11-19-2006, 09:16 PM	#21 (permalink)
cdmeggers Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,195	I currently live in WY and if I wanted to get a CI, I have to go to another state. Makes things a bit more complicated for me.

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