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Holy crabapple! That is great! You should throw a quarter in there and see if you can hear the dinkling :)

My eyes filled up, I can't even begin to think of an adjective that would fit this! I'm amazed, it is absolutely amazing Val!!

:applause: That is WONDERFUL!! I am so overjoyed for you!! How did you feel when the audi told you that glorious number?! :h5:

I don't even have to read this one to know the answer is 8 :) It does not matter if you have 12, 16, or 22, all you need is 8 working channels.

While I have not had that dream, I realize that most of my dreams at least those that I can remember had me wearing my hearing aid. Weird how our sub-conscience works!

I can see why you might get a little overwhelmed with their opinions, and it is a widespread epidemic, all parents have one :)

While I will agree with the fact that the mechanics of a HA and CI are totally on the opposite sides of the spectrum, it is the individual. You never know how one person will react to the CI because it is such a complicated and iffy device. The CI lets me hear all sorts of environmental sounds...

OUCH! That would kill me! Your insurance won't pay for audiological services?

That is right! There is no need to rush! I lost my hearing completely in Feb, got an appointment in April, finished my evaluation in July, had surgery in August, activated in September, and been hearing every since. You might think I sped right through but I was attached to my one eyed...

In the end it is really you that has to make the decision, you are the one that will be having the surgery and working towards hearing again. It would be great that you had your family standing behind what ever decision that you make. I wish you the best of luck!

I do not like that mask. I have a problem with needles, it doesn't matter what kind. Before my CI surgery, I had another one and the nurse took 5 tries at stabbing me to get the IV needle in before she passed it off to someone else. I ended up passing out. When I had my CI surgery, I told...

Hey Shel, I believe you 100% that the CI will not work for some children but I was just wondering what the age range of the children are that you teach. I apologize if this was asked of you before and I missed it.

Deafskeptic that is great!! Are you sensitive to hearing running water because I am? I seem to pick up on running water no matter where it is in the house. These kitchen moments are making me cry! :)

I have this little thing that I clipped out of a magazine. It says "Ultimate power is being able to turn off one's hearing aid." I agree with every single word of that LOL!! How long have you had Menieres? Are you a stage of it where it is controllable with medication?

R2D2 surgeon makes perfect sense. One brain, two sides, one auditory processing system, makes sense :) What you just described is what I heard with my left ear with a hearing aid. It sounded garbled, awful, nothing made sense, it was garbage, not sound. My speech discrimination with hearing...

Assynt and Steve, both of you can take a look at my audiogram. It shows my left and right ear levels. As well as what levels I am at now with my left ear with the CI CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN: I'm a greedy little audiophile.

I do feel like I am missing something when I am around people and I cannot hear. I had an experience of when I heard absolutely nothing for a 2 months and I was very depressed. My lip reading skills were challenged dramatically. I was holding fire alarms that made everyone cringe right up to...

Well, my insurance paid for the surgery and the hardware 100%. As far as the batteries go, they were supplied and they are rechargeable. I was told that it is suggestible that I get four new batteries every year but I get 80% reimbursed by my insurance. I believe they are 150 bucks a battery...

Hi Steve! Welcome to AD and congratulations on your candidacy! I had my surgery done a little over two months ago and was activated on 9-17 with the Harmony device. I chose my worse ear to be implanted which is my left. I only used a hearing aid in that ear for a couple years when I was...

I worn hearing aids ever since I was four and there is so many probable theories why I lost my hearing that it is impossible to pick one. I had to stop wearing a hearing aid in my left ear because I was not getting any benefit whatsoever. Last year, I pondering the idea to get a CI because my...