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Depending on how your map is set up, you may need a different map. Some of the maps can be set up for diectionality for listening in noisy environments. If you reposition the processor by changing the direction or location where it is located, it might not provide the sounds you want to...

John, I run sensitivity at 12 almost all the time. When I'm in the car and not using an auto sensitivity program, I back the sensitivity down to 4. When I'm watching TV, I bump the sensitivity to 16 especially when it is late and the family has gone to bed as long as the refrigerator...

Deafdude, I understand you are trying to really understand what level of hearing ability someone with a CI has. This is the only way to make an educated decission. Have you spoken with an audiologist who programs CI's and is familiar with the programming options? Have you attended any CI...

I don't agree with the last statement here. "...there is an advertisement for a hearing aid called Naida Ultra Power (UP). The Naida UP is designed for people who are severely hard of hearing or profoundly deaf. The main slogan for the Naida UP is “The power to change your life”. It promises...

Shel, I'm not sure someone's happiness dependends on being able to hear but I think instead, it depends on the person and what they have experienced in life. I'd also have to say if someone was hearing and lost their hearing over time then maybe they would be unhappy in that their life has...

I find it inspiring that you are searching for information to help you make an intelligent informed decision. I wish there were more people out there really searching for the facts before making decissions. Sometimes making a decission with the best information available is just as important...

There is no adapter needed with cell phones or home phones. A neck loop or Hatis type device will allow the use of the phone without having to keep it by your ear. You need to just switch the CI processor to T-coil mode. Some programs have this turned on all the time. Some have mixing...

With your daughter having friends with CI's, she may have seen her friends go through the process with surgery, activation and improvement so she may have an idea what to expect. As far as time for the deaf ear to adjust, I had my bad ear implanted after 15 years of silence. My experience...

Just some thoughts. I have noticed if I don't have my coil centered on my head, it can cut out since the signal is not getting to the internal processor. You can try this by taking the coil and moving it off center. Most of the time it gets distorted just before it quits. I normally...

Deafdude, Saw a question regarding can a CI be to loud in another post and remembered I forgot to mention anything on that. Absolutely a CI can be to loud. If you have your volume setting set to high just like a HA or if you have your Sensitivity setting to high. Another way it can be to...

I've seen a lot of comments on this thread so I'll add mine along with a little of my experience. First, a CI will not and never will replace one's ability to hear naturally. If you are a CI candidate, your ability to hear sound naturally is broken. It took millions of years for the cochlea...

I'd bet nothing would happen to the CI program on the external processor. The internal processor may get the memory erased but I think all the internal processor does it process the signals the external processor gives. The heart is the external processor and is replaceable. I'd say that...

Tomorrow is the day. My first activation, we set the soft levels (T) and then did the loud levels (C). The activation went really well, maybe text book perfect or really close. I could hear the moment it was turned on, was extremely clear and worked wonderfully pretty much ever since...

etalton, So sorry to hear what your going through. I'd hope someone from Cochlear will jump in and help out in your situation. I would think cochlear would not recommend just one speed though. If so, my audi broke the rules right out of the box and I will thank her for doing that and...

Etalton, Sorry you are having trouble with your new MAPs. I'm sure it is frustrating with traveling so far and getting little in return as far as improved hearing ability. With voices not sounding so high pitch, you still adjusting to the new inputs. My first CI took major changes at week...

Yes, I've been running SCCA for years. It's a blast. Everyone should give it a try. It will show you what a car is really capable of. I truely believe it can make a person a better and safer driver. I did not say a faster one or more agressive one. Most people hear skidding tires right...

You are so so much more disiplined than me. I'm lucky to dry-n-store once a month. Probably should do that tonight since you reminded me. haha I check the filter when I get caught in the rain. I have found that one drop is enough to wipe out a filter. I've been stuck in the rain and been...

Hear again, Wonder if you have talked with your audi about this idea. I know that when I run faster programs, they have to use more stimulation/electrical current and my T and C levels are higher than on my slower programs. With this being said, the frequency that the simulation is being...

I really don't think the coil would ever go bad with the exception of the flexible wire getting broken or rubber cover splitting or the connector that plugs into the processor breaking. I have had one wire cover split but still worked and two connectors come apart when removing the coil from...

Vivie, My bet is your filter covering the microphones have been contaminated with moisture over time and it has finally reduced the sound so much that you are having a hard time hearing. I have had issues where I don't notice the degredation over time until it reaches "some point" where I...