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[1buddy]

good sheach going on ci

It will get better from here on in Which site did you find the most helpful?
Have you contacted your audiologist for a mapping?

the site ,i went into learnerdictionary.com, www.wavecentral.com,www.findsound.com and basicenglishclass.tripod.com there wonderful. i also try the site you gave me also. that was good

 

[R2D2]

the site ,i went into learnerdictionary.com, www.wavecentral.com,www.findsound.com and basicenglishclass.tripod.com there wonderful. i also try the site you gave me also. that was good

It sounds like these sites were very helpful to you. Take contradicta's advice and go back to the audie to see if she can help you improve your maps and programs. I would also ask your audie to recommend a good auditory verbal therapist to give you some tips and advice as well.

 

[1buddy]

it worked

It sounds like these sites were very helpful to you. Take contradicta's advice and go back to the audie to see if she can help you improve your maps and programs. I would also ask your audie to recommend a good auditory verbal therapist to give you some tips and advice as well.

hey it work for me amd im going to audie monday at 1:00 pm and let see what happen. it a wow. i love it. at least im happy that it works, im working on it every night when i get home from work. i also wear it to work also. thanks lisa

 

[SCBassist]

Hello there. How recently was your activation date? Hopefully your audiologist is aware of difficulties you have using your processor. Did your audiologist or ENT doctor refer you to a speech therapist? The first moments after activation with a speech therapist are very helpful. Also, what mapped programs did your audiologist program to your processor? Perhaps reevaluating each program for speech emphasis may work better for you. I too had a bit of a strange ride in munchkin land when I was first activated, but just like learning a new task, your brain will adjust and acclimate your hearing to more clearer and truer sounds. Hope this helps.

 

[1buddy]

hi guys

still working on my ci and im going to see the doc aut. tomorrow. i find out what my mapping are. wish me luck. thanks

 

[R2D2]

still working on my ci and im going to see the doc aut. tomorrow. i find out what my mapping are. wish me luck. thanks

All the best for tomorrow!

 

[1buddy]

Mapping Out Today

EVERYTHING WENT WELL TODAY AND SHE UPGRADE THE MAPPING. BOY IT SURE IS LOUD ENOUGHT. BUT THE CI IS DRIVING ME NUTS.

 

[contradica]

EVERYTHING WENT WELL TODAY AND SHE UPGRADE THE MAPPING. BOY IT SURE IS LOUD ENOUGHT. BUT THE CI IS DRIVING ME NUTS.

That is great news!! Did your thresholds increase?

 

[1buddy]

ci increase

That is great news!! Did your thresholds increase?

yes she did increased up the mapping and she say my ci is improving. im just so glad it getting better. im not scared anymore because now i know that im going to have to get use to things all around me. im glad your surgery went well. hope everything goes well with you. Did you get both ci done on your ears? cause my family told me that i should get my right ear done too. but i dont know and i hate the pain from the surgery. but ill think about it. good luck !

 

[R2D2]

yes she did increased up the mapping and she say my ci is improving. im just so glad it getting better. im not scared anymore because now i know that im going to have to get use to things all around me. im glad your surgery went well. hope everything goes well with you. Did you get both ci done on your ears? cause my family told me that i should get my right ear done too. but i dont know and i hate the pain from the surgery. but ill think about it. good luck !

So glad that that you are happier with things. I'd hold off the pressure on you to get a second implant for now until you are completely at home with the first implant. It does take time to get use to it all - baby steps!

If you feel that the map is too loud then go back and ask for it to be adjusted. I remember one time in the early days I went back to have it turned down and then two weeks later, I was actually ready for a louder map than the map I had considered to be too loud. So going at your own pace is really important.

 

[1buddy]

just wondering about the second ci

So glad that that you are happier with things. I'd hold off the pressure on you to get a second implant for now until you are completely at home with the first implant. It does take time to get use to it all - baby steps!

If you feel that the map is too loud then go back and ask for it to be adjusted. I remember one time in the early days I went back to have it turned down and then two weeks later, I was actually ready for a louder map than the map I had considered to be too loud. So going at your own pace is really important.

i was just wondering about the ci on the right ear because my doctor told me , people only get one ci because if you have both it would be to loud for the brain to handle. most people get two and im very surprize. so i thought about my right ear in the furture. but i dont really know yet. doc said im losing my hearing on the right ear so it getting worst. i still have my hearing aid on my right ear. my ci is loud but i can also turn it down. so my ci is hearing more and more things around me. i have to order cable for my ci so i can go back learning words again. i have the cable for my computer but they say not to use it because it will fried my brian. my mother been trying to call and order it for me but the people is not answering the phone. well will see what happen. good luck with your surgery on the 31st. thanks

 

[R2D2]

Hi 1buddy,

The advantage of having a second CI is mainly for being able to hear better in noisy situations and also improve sound localisation. It used to be quite rare, but apparently it now accounts for 15% of surgeries and is growing.

It does not necessarily mean that it will be too loud for you, especially if you were used to wearing two hearing aids at one time. What audiologists do is to remap the other CI as well so that they complement each other at a level that is comfortable for you.

And whoever said that the CI listening cable fries your brain is talking rubbish. I have a cable for my ipod and it makes everything sound nice and clear, especially since you can use it in telecoil mode. It would probably help you a lot with the listening practice.

What brand of CI do you have again?

 

[1buddy]

ci brand

Hi 1buddy,

The advantage of having a second CI is mainly for being able to hear better in noisy situations and also improve sound localisation. It used to be quite rare, but apparently it now accounts for 15% of surgeries and is growing.

It does not necessarily mean that it will be too loud for you, especially if you were used to wearing two hearing aids at one time. What audiologists do is to remap the other CI as well so that they complement each other at a level that is comfortable for you.

And whoever said that the CI listening cable fries your brain is talking rubbish. I have a cable for my ipod and it makes everything sound nice and clear, especially since you can use it in telecoil mode. It would probably help you a lot with the listening practice.

What brand of CI do you have again?

advanced bionics hires auria processor and thats what i have. thats what i and my husband was told.

 

[contradica]

i was just wondering about the ci on the right ear because my doctor told me , people only get one ci because if you have both it would be to loud for the brain to handle. most people get two and im very surprize. so i thought about my right ear in the furture. but i dont really know yet. doc said im losing my hearing on the right ear so it getting worst. i still have my hearing aid on my right ear. my ci is loud but i can also turn it down. so my ci is hearing more and more things around me. i have to order cable for my ci so i can go back learning words again. i have the cable for my computer but they say not to use it because it will fried my brian. my mother been trying to call and order it for me but the people is not answering the phone. well will see what happen. good luck with your surgery on the 31st. thanks

From what I am seeing, bilateral implantation is becoming more and more common. In fact, on another forum, this woman had both done at the same time. She will be activated on the 12th.

IBuddy, do you wear your hearing aid with your CI or no? I am getting activated on the 17th and I wear a hearing aid in my right. I chose to get my worst ear implanted. My audiologist recommended that I stop wearing my hearing aid while my CI gets use to sounds. Who has told about a cable frying your brain?

I am very happy to hear that you are beginning to hear different things with your CI. It shall get better with time.

 

[R2D2]

advanced bionics hires auria processor and thats what i have. thats what i and my husband was told.

Cool - there are quite a few here with AB processors

Contradica has raised a good point. One method of getting your CI ear up and running faster is to turn off the hearing aided ear for at least 2 hours a day to encourage the brain to hook more into the CI ear.

 

[1buddy]

ci

From what I am seeing, bilateral implantation is becoming more and more common. In fact, on another forum, this woman had both done at the same time. She will be activated on the 12th.

IBuddy, do you wear your hearing aid with your CI or no? I am getting activated on the 17th and I wear a hearing aid in my right. I chose to get my worst ear implanted. My audiologist recommended that I stop wearing my hearing aid while my CI gets use to sounds. Who has told about a cable frying your brain?

I am very happy to hear that you are beginning to hear different things with your CI. It shall get better with time.

i have the same thing you have and i was told to get harmony processor . my husband buying me a harmony processor because it suppose to have everything, music,telephone,and hearing clearly more then what i have. it gonna cost $850.00 plus i have to trade one of my processer. it gonna be cool. but i do take my hearing aid off to do some testing on words on my ci. it hard to do it with hearing aid.

 

[vallee]

My doctor at Vanderbilt said that getting both done at one time enables better comprehension. I agree. My left ear had some hearing. I was able to get through the day with my aids. So when I was implanted and activated it allowed me to just "pick up" with the sounds I knew. I am profound - severe so I did not have a lot. So here I am about 3 weeks of activation and I have better hearing than 20 years ago or maybe ever!

I listen to the same 5 songs over and over and look at the lyrics to understand. I can now do almost all the words. I just added two more songs. I practice one ear at a time for at least an hour a day. I am listening to a lot of Elton John because his lyrics are easy to understand and another one is "Down by the river to pray." The beat is easy to pick up.

My CI moment of the day - as I am typing this I'm listening to the ipod on the left side and I hear the phone vibrate on the table.

I want to say this forum is a life saver. I am not around anyone with CI. The only person with a hearing impaired is very anti CI. No one in my family understands - they are supported - so I am so thankful that I found all of you. So thank you!

 

[contradica]

My doctor at Vanderbilt said that getting both done at one time enables better comprehension. I agree. My left ear had some hearing. I was able to get through the day with my aids. So when I was implanted and activated it allowed me to just "pick up" with the sounds I knew. I am profound - severe so I did not have a lot. So here I am about 3 weeks of activation and I have better hearing than 20 years ago or maybe ever!

I listen to the same 5 songs over and over and look at the lyrics to understand. I can now do almost all the words. I just added two more songs. I practice one ear at a time for at least an hour a day. I am listening to a lot of Elton John because his lyrics are easy to understand and another one is "Down by the river to pray." The beat is easy to pick up.

My CI moment of the day - as I am typing this I'm listening to the ipod on the left side and I hear the phone vibrate on the table.

I want to say this forum is a life saver. I am not around anyone with CI. The only person with a hearing impaired is very anti CI. No one in my family understands - they are supported - so I am so thankful that I found all of you. So thank you!

I am in the same boat as you are. I do not know anyone else that has a hearing impairment, not a single person. My family and friends supports me with getting a CI but they could never understand what I am going through. When my hearing dropped suddenly I turned to these forums and I was glued to them.

 

[contradica]

i have the same thing you have and i was told to get harmony processor . my husband buying me a harmony processor because it suppose to have everything, music,telephone,and hearing clearly more then what i have. it gonna cost $850.00 plus i have to trade one of my processer. it gonna be cool. but i do take my hearing aid off to do some testing on words on my ci. it hard to do it with hearing aid.

That is what I am getting come September 17th!! I'm psyched!

 

[1buddy]

Hey Guys

WE ALL KNOW AND UNDERSTAND , WHAT WE GO THREW. OUR FAMILY WAS A GOOD SUPPORT TO ALL OF US BUT OUR FAMILY WILL NEVER UNDERSATAND WAHT WE GO THREW. THATS WHY WE HAVE THIS SITE TO GET THREW THIS CI TOGETHER. WE WILL BE OK AND WE HAVE EACH OTHER AND UNDERSATND WHAT WE ALL GO THREW. IT GREAT KNOWING ALL OF YOU AND THATS A BIG NUMBER ONE SUPPORT. WE WILL GET THREW THIS AND HEAR AGAIN. THANKS ALL OF YOU. YOU GUYS A VERY GOOD CI FRIENDS AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AS IT COMES.