Recent content by Deaffy

:P That's so true how it is with the CI... If it works for the person we can hear alot of different things... but we also have the power to make all those annoying sounds just vanish!

I would make sure my child would benefit from HA first before going the CI route.. If he/she had no benefit. Then I would be discussing the probability that my child would benefit from a CI. I know first hand what these devices will provide a person (variables included) and I would not shy away...

For me my first weeks with my CI.. WATER was the worst.. It did not matter if it was comming out of a faucet or the toilet flushing it was so intense. But after awhile it just somehow becomes normal and is no longer loud like that. I am extremely pleased to read that your (A)day was a...

Never tried to hide my late onset deafness.. It was just something I had to deal with and learn to adapt to. It took me a long time to get comfortable with it. But I never once pretended to be a hearing person since.

F1885, My experience in noisey enviroment's are touch and go really. For me it depends on who I am conversing with. Some people I can hear really well in those places and others I have to rely on lipreading. For the most part it is alot easier than it was for me when I did the 3 month HA...

Hey everyone, I have taken a few month's away from the site to kinda take a sit back and let things go for awhile. I had taken something's that have been said in this section of the forum quite personally and I had said something's that probably should never have been said. With that being...

Only time I do not wear my CI is as follow's.... Shower/ Sleep/ Or when I am ill.. Other than that It's on all the time. The only way to get better with using the device is actually using it. I love my CI and have not regretted having the surgery at all.

I will be comming up on my 1 year with my CI and I really must say I love it completely. Comming from a late deafend individual it has changed my life 100%. I simply love having the option of muting the world when ever I see fit and also being able to be involved in the hearing world as my...

Thats a pretty big incision.. Mine went directly behind the ear they shaved nothing off my head and it does'nt go above or below my ear at all.. Intresting to see how different surgeons operate!

deb, Patience will pay off. When first turned on and the first few week's month's nothing will sound "normal".. It took awhile for things to normal out for me as well. I was turned on in august of 2010 and now feb 2011 everthing sounds pretty normal to me. I wish you the very best in your...

Deb, The processor is light as a HA if not lighter and there's no mold so you won't have the stuffy feeling.. You might experience a little discomfort since your sensitive still behind the ear ( I was) but just be gentle for the next week or so with it and you should be fine.

Bingo.. thats where I have had trouble.. Where to hold the phone. I have finally masterd my cell phone and have no trouble at all anymore with making or receiving calls. I don't even need T-coil with it.

Zee, I am so glad that you're adjusting at a rapid pace with the CI.. It's a neat device. Just wait till you get better programs it just gets better and better all the time. I go through minor spells of not hearing the greatest once in a blue moon ( congestion maybe) but I would never look...

Deb, I have no input on what balance therapy entails. But I was notified by my surgeon that balance could be afected for a short time after the surgery. I have not had any balance issues due to my implant. But then again I've never had the best balance to speak of before the surgery. I sure hope...