Guest guest Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 you got really good results from your implant in spite of the long term lack of stimulation. Fantastic, Ruth Ruth's Cochlear Implant History: N22 May 1,1987 N22 removed Oct. 30, 2000 for MRI N24 Nov.1,2000 3G May 18,2001 Diagnosis: Mitochondrial Myopathy Sept. 2001 Question about Residual Hearing > > I'm sure someone on this list can help me with this question. My > understanding is that residual hearing is permanently lost in an > implanted ear. I thought this was because the tiny bones of the > middle ear were removed during the implant surgery, but someone > recently told me I was mistaken about this. > > Can someone illumine me? Is residual hearing permanently lost (i.e., > if the implant is removed, will the residual hearing the individual > had prior to the implant be restored)? If it is permanently lost, > why? > > Thanks! > > DBK > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Hi April, How exciting that you are about to have your implant surgery. The surgery is normally not nearly as difficult as your mind imagines. No one goes into this without being at least a little afraid though. Just try to relax and not worry. I'm sure you are going to be in good hands. No matter which implant you have, the surgeries are pretty much the same these days. When they were first done, people went home after staying at the hospital for a few days with a huge incision and a very big bandage. Today - most surgeons do a small incision, a very light bandage if any and at the most, an overnight stay. There are some people do keep a very small amount of residual hearing when they have the implant. I don't recall that anyone has ever said that they could put a HA in that ear though and find any useful sound. The reason you are approved to have this surgery is because you don't really have enough residual hearing to be considered mild to moderately impaired. When you have the CI activated, you will forget all about that word residual because you will have so much more hearing than you are used to. Until you do though, you have an unknown that will tease you into wondering if you are doing the right thing. Let me promise you that you are. Please try not to worry. Just think ahead at the wonderful gift you are giving yourself. Things are going to get better and better from this point on. Alice I am scheduled for implantation on August 26 with the HiRes 90K by Advanced Bionics. There is a lot of talk out there about the possibility of retaining some residual hearing after implantation. I asked my surgeon about this and he said that's not a possibility for me because he is going to remove the auditory ossicles to make insertion of the implant easier. He assured me that I would never miss those three little bones and I tend to agree. April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 Hi , > One should also remember that the bones in your skull also conduct > sound, and do your teeth. While I can't hear a thing with my 3G off, I > can hear when I'm brushing my teeth and hit the brush against a tooth. > So, you may well be heairng sounds that are conducted via the skull or > the teeth. Remember your audiologist putting a tuning fork on your head > to see which side you heard on? Same idea. Bones conduct sound, not > just your ears. That makes a lot of sense. Could very well be the reason I'm sensing sounds on that side. Geez! I haven't seen a tuning fork in years. Are they still in use? Regards, Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 DENISE WRITES: > > One should also remember that the bones in your skull also conduct sound, and do your teeth. While I can't hear a thing with my 3G off, I > can hear when I'm brushing my teeth and hit the brush against a tooth. >So, you may well be heairng sounds that are conducted via the skull or > the teeth. Sound can definitely be conducted by bones and teeth, but there has to be an intact cochlea (even partially intact) or CI to receive the conducted sound, and actually " hear " it. Do you actually " hear " sounds without your CI? Maybe you have some minimal residual hearing left? Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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