Hey guys,
I had meningitis at 13 months old and have had a profound hearing loss in my right ear and a moderate-severe hearing loss in my left ear which I use an aid on. However, a few years ago I started to lose the hearing in my left ear and it's no longer much functional for me, hence the cochlear implant.
I just received my implant last week and I'm getting it switched on in a couple of weeks... I live by myself, so outside of work I won't have much interaction with people and I was after some advice on learning how to hear with it?
Is merely watching TV and listening to what people say with captions going to be enough?
I probably sound stupid asking these questions as I really have no idea what to do to develop my listening capabilities... would love to hear any advice and suggestions from other people of what's worked for them in developing their hearing with a CI.
cheers
Andrew
I had meningitis at 13 months old and have had a profound hearing loss in my right ear and a moderate-severe hearing loss in my left ear which I use an aid on. However, a few years ago I started to lose the hearing in my left ear and it's no longer much functional for me, hence the cochlear implant.
I just received my implant last week and I'm getting it switched on in a couple of weeks... I live by myself, so outside of work I won't have much interaction with people and I was after some advice on learning how to hear with it?
Is merely watching TV and listening to what people say with captions going to be enough?
I probably sound stupid asking these questions as I really have no idea what to do to develop my listening capabilities... would love to hear any advice and suggestions from other people of what's worked for them in developing their hearing with a CI.
cheers
Andrew