Recruitment from Hearing Loss Explained

deafdude1 · 11-02-2009, 07:55 AM

Recruitment from Hearing Loss

Interesting article. It explains that recruitment also causes fuzzy hearing.

Lissa · 11-02-2009, 11:39 AM

Does everybody with sensioneural hearing loss suffer from recruitment or do only some people suffer from it?

overthepond · 11-02-2009, 11:45 AM

I do

john57 · 11-02-2009, 01:02 PM

recruitment is very common and tends to increase with more hearing loss but there are just a few that are recruitment tolerant to a degree.

deafskeptic · 11-02-2009, 01:26 PM

I didn't start having problems with recruitment till I was 19 and it got so severe that I didn't wear my HA for two years. This was before I got my CI.

Lissa · 11-02-2009, 03:11 PM

It was interesting to read about recruitment since I didn't really know what it was.

sallylou · 11-02-2009, 03:29 PM

I have this and I've never even heard of it. It explains a lot.

djchur · 11-02-2009, 04:53 PM

That's a very good description of what causes recruitment. I get recruitment and can tolerate it up to a point, but when I'm tired it seems to get much worse, and sounds I can normally tolerate are almost unbearable. Does anyone else experience worse recruitment when they are tired?

sr171soars · 11-02-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DeafLissa90

Does everybody with sensioneural hearing loss suffer from recruitment or do only some people suffer from it?

Probably a sizable minority get it but I don't think it is the majority. I never heard of it before until after I got my CI and I'm very knowledgeable on all kinds of stuff. I myself can't say I experienced it with my HA. I may have as I have had times were I heard very well (more than usual but nothing like with my CI). Interestingly enough, I have experienced it slightly with my CI now and then (not often and not bothersome just noticeable). It is the oddest feeling where I sense my hearing just is ON like all the sudden I can hear like nothing else. The reason I know I'm having it is when I quickly remove my coil transmitter and I hear a high pitch noise. The other thing is my head feels different...hard to explain but almost like light-headedness. That is the other tip off that I'm having such a "spell".

deafdyke · 11-02-2009, 08:21 PM

You know DeafDude.............severe recruitment is a good reason to get implanted even when a borderline canidate.

DeafDoc1 · 11-02-2009, 09:00 PM

Interestingly, for me there was a threshold. I had severe problems with recruitment until my hearing loss exceeded a PTA of 90-100. Now I have so little hearing, nothing ever seems very loud. Just noise.

11-02-2009, 07:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
deafdude1 Getting stem cells ~2011! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,051 Blog Entries: 1	Recruitment from Hearing Loss Explained Recruitment from Hearing Loss Interesting article. It explains that recruitment also causes fuzzy hearing. __________________

11-02-2009, 11:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,093 Blog Entries: 3	Does everybody with sensioneural hearing loss suffer from recruitment or do only some people suffer from it? __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

11-02-2009, 01:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
deafskeptic Empress Skeptia Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,528	I didn't start having problems with recruitment till I was 19 and it got so severe that I didn't wear my HA for two years. This was before I got my CI. __________________ Left ear implanted with Med-El on April 24 2007. Activated on May 9th.

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Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,093 Blog Entries: 3	It was interesting to read about recruitment since I didn't really know what it was. __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

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sallylou Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: My own private Idaho Posts: 2,073	I have this and I've never even heard of it. It explains a lot. __________________ Happy holidays!

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11-02-2009, 11:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
overthepond Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Great Britain Posts: 1,276	I do

11-02-2009, 01:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
john57 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 300	recruitment is very common and tends to increase with more hearing loss but there are just a few that are recruitment tolerant to a degree.

11-02-2009, 04:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
djchur Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 187	That's a very good description of what causes recruitment. I get recruitment and can tolerate it up to a point, but when I'm tired it seems to get much worse, and sounds I can normally tolerate are almost unbearable. Does anyone else experience worse recruitment when they are tired?

11-02-2009, 08:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
deafdyke So NOT a Princess! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Trebekistan Posts: 7,495	You know DeafDude.............severe recruitment is a good reason to get implanted even when a borderline canidate.

11-02-2009, 09:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
DeafDoc1 hiding in plain sight Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,019	Interestingly, for me there was a threshold. I had severe problems with recruitment until my hearing loss exceeded a PTA of 90-100. Now I have so little hearing, nothing ever seems very loud. Just noise. __________________ What's up, Doc?

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