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As others have stated, don't drive yourself home, that day or even the next. If not for yourself for others on the same road. You haven't said but what part of the country are you in? Get some help with this, maybe the VA, VFW, church, or if you are old like me maybe a local old folks...

Great start. Sound will improve everyday.

I don't think you can take the demo as strickly as, A is the way things sound with a CI, but more of an example of loss of input that maybe, with a CI. If A were always the way things sound with a CI, and I listen to both with a CI they would sound the same to me. That's not the case, normal...

Just my opinion If you truly hear 80 percent with ha's, and get by with ha's you should exhaust all the avenues with ha's. 80% natural hearing is better than you will likely obtain with an CI. A Ci is different hearing than natural, less rich and much less input than natural. A CI is not a...

Volume control on the AB is a simple dial, scratch your head or put on a hat and you can "brush" the dial and change the setting. I think there is a software fix for that, "probably for children", never was an interest for that for me. I would like to say that your review of devices was very...

As far as I know AB does not have a beep feature, I am an AB user and asked about that when CI shopping. beeps would be nice for low battery, but in my HA days low battery beeps gave a warning of less than a minute, not too useful. AB controls are very simple, much like a HA, rotating dial...

That could be the making of a tv ad--very funny.

You move fast,hope your recovery is fast also, again nothing to fear and well worth doing if you have any doubts. Wish you the best.

Good for you hope you get a lot more out of the deal than you expect, well worth doing. Not to start a debate, just for my own interest, what led you to AB other than fit? I've had an AB for a little over a year, but you always wonder what if. Best wishes

I can only speak for myself. I have been hearing most of my life and got a CI because I became deaf, age 58 and for me a CI does not sound "normal" nor in anyway better and never will. A CI just doesn't work that way, for people reading these post "shopping" for a CI should have reasonable...

May of said too much- but said it well,enjoyed your post.

Glad to hear everything went well. The first days, week are no indication of what things are going to sound like for you. What is loud and screams at you now will be soft in a few days, that's just the first step. What is very good is that you understand words right off the bat and have a...

Ruminator post back in a month, hope we can say "I told you so" Everyone here wishes you the best, and you can answer your own questions, how does it sound and is it worth it. I won't wish you good luck, don't think you need, luck is not involved.

Probably the best thread and above post I've read here in a long time. Your question was is the Ci sound basic, I know you have researched how a Ci works, the input is only a small percent of normal hearing and slanted toward that of speech, so basic would be a very good word Is it worth it...

You should edit your post to "some people or a few people". Every reply I've gotten for you has been helpful, to the point, and well written. I came to this forum looking ideas and to learn from the experiences of others, if nothing else your post and others provide hope that this "CI thing"...

For me at this point I will stick with the term distorted. I would like to thank everyone in the last ten or so post for the input and thoughts. Some are at the point with a CI that things are great, some haven't reached that yet. So your help, and more importantly giving hope is of great...

Can you define "static" you heard, I use the term distorted, my biggest problem at this point(coming up on four months).

Abbie great to hear the mapping made such a great improvement. My t-mic simply, or any ear piece snaps in place straight up and down then give it a tug to be sure it is locked in. to remove, rotate to about 90 and should pop off. Did have a problem once, I tend to twist it when I put the...

Might be a good idea to wait for music for awhile, it will likely sound really bad. I would love to enjoy music again but, at this point radio or cds seems to be too complex to really enjoy or even make sense of. Did come across a site yesterday, I won't post a link because they sell music...

Don't post much, write like crap and it is hard for me to express myself, very nice to read a post from someone that can. We are very much in the same boat, me at plus 2 months, learn to love the munchkins for awhile. You will be cranking up the volume every other day and she will reset that...