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BTW, Were you able to find Junie B.? We are very familiar with Junie. We have her First tooth book for when my daughter lost her first and a LOT LOT more. My wife worked for a printing company who printed children’s books and she was able to get several of the printer proof copies when...

Deafmama, Providence Hospital is where I went. Surgeon was my Dr. at MEI. Great Dr. and wonderful Surgeon. I guess I can say that since everything went well. Nurses at Providence were wonderful also. They knew I was deaf and were in the room within 10-15 seconds after I pressed the...

Waiting an additional week should give the implant more time to heal. It might also let the nerves calm down in your implanted ear and the tinnitus just may get quieter as well. The first week of activation at least for me was still hard. Everything was just to quiet while I was learning how...

Deaf, Have you had any of the pins and needles type pain in your implanted ear? I had a little tinnitus on my implanted ear for a while. More of the pins and needles type pain but that would come and go and last for a very short time, 15 seconds was the longest I remember. Kind of like...

Tami, I went under the knife or drill in December 2006 and was activated in January 2007. Freedom is what I'm wearing. I guess for me, I would on those critical Dr. visits and HA reprogramming apts, ask my wife go with me to be my interpreter and note taker since I knew I would have a...

Tami, Sorry for the long post. You seam to be in the exact situation I found myself in last summer to fall. How you word your feelings is exactly how I felt and opinions I was going through. I was seeing the Audiologist to reprogram my HA more than I ever thought possible. Everyone in...

My Audiologist has never referred to the Freedom speed in the form of Hz but that makes a lot of sense. Number of electrical signals sent per second. I think I am running 1200 right now and I like it probably the best. I have other programs at 2400 and 3500. I use these when I'm trying to...

deafmama78, One of the best decissions I made was to ditch the tylenol 3 with codine and go with Motrin Regular strength. Two little pills was all I needed and it helped so much better than the tylenol. Seamed to help more with the swelling. I even think you may be able to take both, just...

Stitches???? What are those. They used medical "super glue" is the best I can describe it. No stitches. They told me not to wash my hair until I saw the Dr. after 7 days. I think this was because the glue could soften and we didn't want that to happen. After several days, my wife helped me...

Deafmama78, You pretty much summed up what I went through except, I was out before they moved me to the other table in the OR. I do remember the room and thinking one burned out light, this can't be good. I still hope it was just turned off. I don't think I tried fighting with the nurses...

I love my Freedom. It allows me to do so much. Come to think of it, they still owe me the TV cable. It was back ordered when I received by suite case sized box at activation. Guess I should call for a mapping appointment and ask about the cable as well. Also, Remember, 99% of the time...

I wish you the best. Glad the time has finally arived. I remember so clearly when I went in back in December. Didn't get nervous until I was at the Hospital. Blood pressure told everything. Yep, little anxiety but so much to look forward to. If you have any questions and want to...

Stacieleigh, No problems with the coil yet. 3 months with it so far. The paint on the battery chips when dropped. Not going to worry about it. Still works. May try to find some model paint to fix it. We will see. Yep, non implanted ear noise. Constant tinnitus normal but not...

Sorry to hijack the thread for one update. Maybe it is helpful. R2. My job has been going great. My CI has definitely changed my dreams and career direction with the company. My management seams to have also changed their ideas as well since I can catch 90-95% of what is said in meetings...

I have driven hybrid vehicles with no problem, welded with a MIG with no problem, worked on running car engines with no problem, driven a race car with a helmet on with no problem and the best part of doing all this stuff while wearing a CI is I CAN HEAR everything around me. I can hear the...

Menieres and CI's First off, I'm glad you found this site. Having Menieres, you may also know about Menieres.org. If you go to that site, look up cindy4baskets and I know there is one more person there with a CI, possibly pardonme, if she is not the one, she probably knows who it is. The...

Congratulations. Glad things are starting to go your way. Steve

I have had my coil jump to the corner of a wall where the metal corner bead is located when I'm leaning up against a wall. The only time I stick it to the Frig is to keep it off the counter. My Cat likes to make sure Gravity works and I'm afraid of what my dog would do. I normally take it off...

OK, lets please not have another thread goto the bashing of CI's for children. I think this has been covered many times already. This person is probably trying to find out your opinions and probably personal accounts of what a CI has done for them or how it may have affected your...

No problem. Tinnitus can be an aughful thing since you just can't get away from it and it can be 24/7/365. Tinnitus can come in a constant single frequency to multiple frequencies. low mid and high. Some people experience a pulsing tinnitus to top it all off. At one point, I could...