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Sorry you are having to go through all this. Your story is similar to mine in that I lost my hearing rather quickly. Started with ringing and pressure for about 10 months. The last 8 months of the progression, I was at the Audi every other week getting my HA adjusted. One of the last...

If you are saying she is creating enough static electricity in her own body and when she touches her CI, she shocks it, the CI is not grounded to her body. Her hair is insulating it to well. I have never heard of being able to shock yourself. Now if she builds up the static electricity...

I use the rechargeable Freedom batteries and get between 11-13 hours. I carry my extra rechargeable all the time. I normally have to change it on my drive home from work and then run about 30% of the charge of the second before I go to bed. The powerone disposable last around 2 days which is...

Vivie, Wet hair should do nothing to the coil/magnet. What I would be more concerned about is the moisture around the Processor and getting water on the filter for the microphones. Mine last several months before the filter gets hard/plugged and I have to change it out. They are a little...

Vivie, Could be many things causing your dizzyness. Loud noises/vibration may contribute to setting off the vertigo. Since you were implanted recently, you may be adjusting to the changes and recovering still. The swelling or reduced swellingi may be playing fun and games with the...

As far as helmets for racing, I use an open face helmet because I can put it on a lot easier. I think my next helmet, I'll go with a full face one. I just pull the lining outwards to slide it on over the processor and coil. There have been a few times when I put my helmet on, the coil slides...

Skullchick, I know you said you looked everywhere and I'm sure you have and will keep looking. I lost a rechargeable battery several months ago and have never found it. I think it fell out of my coat pocket when I got out of the car at an auto parts store. I have retraced my steps several...

Try using your index finger and press between your nose and upper lip. Firm pressure when you feel the sneeze coming on. Use the length of your finger between the first and second knuckle, not the end. Worked for me about 90% of the time. Have they given you the 10lb limitation on...

Skullchick, For me, I was still able to understand speech however, the progression of my hearing loss was going so fast that the decission was made by my audiologist and Dr that by the time I underwent surgery and waited the 4+ weeks for activation, my ability to hear would be such that I...

Contradica, I have also experienced the twitch but it was a neck muscle. I told my Audi and she turned the volume down so I was not getting hit with so much current. This high current also makes the batteries last a much shorter amount of time. The speed at which the CI hits the nerves...

Skullchick, If you have questions, talk to another Audi that works with CI's. I think this Audi is steering you wrong. You should have 0 zero vibrations with a CI. It does not use a speaker to amplify sound. As you have probably read, it uses electrical signals directly to the nerve...

Experience with Natural Hearing, HA and CI over 3 years My experience with Natural Hearing, HA and CI over the past 3 years. For me, over the past 3 years, I have gone from pretty good natural hearing through both ITE and BTE digital HA along with an Analog BTE loaner while my BTE digital...

Deaf, I agree with Boult but I would recommend calling either the phone company AT&T or Cable Company Comcast. They have endless automated prompts and it you are just lucky enough, you just might end up talking with a real person after maybe 20 minutes of getting tired of listening to the...

cdmeggers, I would bet that it is not the neck loop or ear hook that is picking up the buzz. Your hearing aid is picking up the electromagnetic signals from your monitor/computer just like it does with the neck loop or ear hook. Try using the T-coil under powerlines or in a car. If the...

Deafmama, I do have difficulty using the telephone with the mic. If I switch the processor to Telecoil, no problem and can hear really well. One of my later visits, I had the T-coil and microphone mixing turned to a ratio of 2 to 1 I think meaning, the T-coil output is twice as loud as the...

Deafmama, I'm needing it for work. Our race car truck and trailer loaded is really close to 26,000 lbs limit and that is the line where a CDL is required. I'm quite sure I need a DOT medical card and tried to get one last year but after filling out the medical information, I decided to put it...

Is there anyone out there with a CI have a CDL (Commercial Drivers License)? If so, did you obtain the CDL after receiving the CI or before? Can someone with a CI obtain a CDL these days. How about be DOT approved to drive trucks up to 26000 lbs? Thanks Steve

If you are near or far sighted, would you not get glasses? I guess if one could get a CI without surgery, what would be at risk so why choose not to. I would think it would be much like glasses. "where do I sign so I can see clearly again with glasses or hear noises with a ????" I...

Dev, There are good things about a CI. You can take it off while they are drilling and making that awful noise. Sorry, I don't know anything about pre medication. I was not told that I needed anything like that but good to check. Steve

Deafmama, I have a step daughter 7 who is spending the summer with her dad. It's hard to have her gone but in reality, it is good that she is able to spend time with him. My second is 3 months. I am very lucky to have received my CI before she was born. I really had no idea how I would...