zajko
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Hi
I'm considering getting second CI, but the fact is that I have my CI more than 12 years now. And the second fact is that in my country bilateral CIs aren't standard (we have only 4-5 bilaterally implanted people), so I guess I'll need to "fight" with my health insurance company, therefore I need some good arguments.
There are some resources which say that second CI should be done less than 5 years after the first one or something similar. And there are also some people who went bilateral more than 10 years after their first CI and are happy.
So I would like to ask if here is anyone who experienced similar situation and got his/her second CI more than 10 years after first one. I'd be happy if you could tell me something about your hearing experience .. like:
- how long did it last to get used to it
- how well do you hear with the newer CI only
- if you have some kind of directional hearing
- how do you feel with only one CI "on"
- if you are happy with your decision or if you can still imagine your life with only one CI
- and so on.. maybe I'll ask some questions later.
Or if you know some good sources of informations about this case, I'd appreciate it. I found something via google, but everything counts
If you don't want to answer here, you can send me a PM or email (I think I enabled it now, so hopefully it will work if not, ask via PM)
Thanks for answers. And please .. no flames
I'm considering getting second CI, but the fact is that I have my CI more than 12 years now. And the second fact is that in my country bilateral CIs aren't standard (we have only 4-5 bilaterally implanted people), so I guess I'll need to "fight" with my health insurance company, therefore I need some good arguments.
There are some resources which say that second CI should be done less than 5 years after the first one or something similar. And there are also some people who went bilateral more than 10 years after their first CI and are happy.
So I would like to ask if here is anyone who experienced similar situation and got his/her second CI more than 10 years after first one. I'd be happy if you could tell me something about your hearing experience .. like:
- how long did it last to get used to it
- how well do you hear with the newer CI only
- if you have some kind of directional hearing
- how do you feel with only one CI "on"
- if you are happy with your decision or if you can still imagine your life with only one CI
- and so on.. maybe I'll ask some questions later.
Or if you know some good sources of informations about this case, I'd appreciate it. I found something via google, but everything counts
If you don't want to answer here, you can send me a PM or email (I think I enabled it now, so hopefully it will work if not, ask via PM)
Thanks for answers. And please .. no flames