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Well, in my daughters case, the CI is located above the ear line slightly, which means it is difficult for her to wear a regular hat, because it collides with the magnet/driver, and pushes it off. You can get head bands and other things to hold them in place so they don't fall off. You then have...

I suppose I should clarify. I guess what I really meant to say, is regardless of what percentage you are at, if the best HA on the market is no longer good enough, then you should probably just a full CI. I only say this, because hearing loss in almost every case, continues to get worse with...

I also am on the fence about real need of the hybrid. Good quality hearing aids are so effective now, that they provide adequate hearing all the way to the point where you might as well just get a full CI, and not the hybrid. My daughter is a perfect example. She lost virtually all of her...

Isn't Costco awesome for HA's? :) I highly recommend Costco for anything hearing aid related. From batteries to accessories. Very inexpensive, and good quality. My daughter also had her mold made there, and it works perfectly. It's because the Audi there (real nice lady) told me she gets paid a...

She's been sitting in the recliner all day watching ID channel. About every hour or so, she asks for something. She got up, went to the bathroom, sat back down and promptly said, "Mom, can I have another popsicle/soda pop/Reeses peanut butter cup/whatever, etc.?" (right after she was just up...

My daughters surgery went well. Everything went smooth, and the electrode insertion was perfect according to the surgeon. X-ray looked perfect as well. She was a bit nauseous last night, but better this morning. It was actually kind of funny, as she was fine as long as she sat upright, and...

My daughter's in surgery right now as I type. Would've started a seperate thread for this, but not much to say.

I have a feeling my daughter will not have trouble sleeping. She sleeps like a log, and you need a nuclear war to wake her up. She goes under tomorrow.

Didn't know you were a wrestler. ;)

^^^ I was gonna say something similar, like maybe it got lost in there somewhere. ;) Sounds like she definitely needs to get you the stronger magnet.

Whoa. That's crazy. I sure hope when my daughter gets hers, they send her one that works properly from the get go. That kind of stinks. You had a faulty unit from the beginning, and never really knew it, but just accepting the sound it produced, when it should have been so much better. Well...

^^^ I was just going to say that, but was sort of under the assumption that it was not in the cards. When it comes to connectivity and sound quality, the N6 is the best way to go right now. However, if N6 isn't something you can do, I did talk to a guy at work last night who has two hearing...

Well, the other option is like you said, and to use a neck loop, since the N5 has a T-coil. This is one system made by Sennheiser, and sold on Amazon with very good reviews. It is wireless, and will transmit pretty far, even through walls. I think you plug the transmitter/streamer into the...

My daughter is getting a CI from Cochlear, and she ordered the TV Streamer. It's a device that you plug into your TV and it sends a signal straight to your CI. It's like an FM system for your CI. There's no loop that has to go around your room or anything like that. If you have a Nucleus 5...

We're all hoping for the best. My daughter goes under in 23 days, on the 27th this month. Fingers crossed, and prayers all around.

No answers yet. Surgery is in a month from now March 27th. I was wondering also about the gene therapy the guy in Kansas got, because it isn't stem cells. It's some kind of therapy that is called a "notch blocker", that blocks the part of our code that prevents nerves from regrowing. When...

My daughter now has her surgery scheduled to receive the Cochlear Contour implant in 1 month from now. She will be getting the Nucleus 6 processor, and a few accessories, like the TV streamer, extra batteries, etc. This had been a long process, but somehow I feel like this is just beginning...

Everything I've read from people who have CI's, is that they sound better than any hearing aid once properly tuned/mapped, and sound nothing like that. Even music is getting much better with the new CI's.

Do you have custom ear canal molds on the receiver? My daughter has custom molds on her RIC model. The mold should have a tiny little hole that is drilled through it, to allow for ventilation from inside the canal to outside for pressure equalization. If that little hole gets plugged with ear...

Not to sound conspiratorial, but I wonder if that's one of the reasons why Uni's and small research companies have had a hard time getting funding for Gene Therapy notch blocker research? They finally did a clinical trial on one guy in Kansas about a month ago. I can't wait to find out the...