RE: Jerome

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Thanks for your reply. Those information you provided is valuable. I've just

signed up in Cochlear's forum and still waiting for my pending membership.

I'll be trying out some new aids probably after a few weeks after the tube

in my myringotomy ear fall out. Then if nothing helps, then I'm going for

CI.

Would like to ask if the NRT thing is already available...

Regards/

Jerome

Abroad for CI surgery....

Hi there,

Is it true that I need to stay abroad at least 6 months for CI surgery???

Or is it possible to have it done abroad to get a more experienced doctor

then have the mapping done in my country (Philippines)? Has anyone done

something like this?

Regards/

Jerome

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[Guest guest]

Nope. I want to stick with Nucleus.

If ever I'm going to get one, I would choose N24C.

Base on my observation here, I noticed lots of people getting better result

with N24C, probably due to contour?

Regards/

Jerome

Re: Jerome

Jerome, have you looked into MedEl?

S.

----- Original Message -----

From: Jerome Tan

A company use to be a distributor of Nucleus is no longer a distributor

now... However, there are some audiologists here who will map Nucleus

cochelar implants.

I think I will have to fly to either Hongkong, Australia or Singapore if I

intend to get one.

Regards/

Jerome

[Guest guest]

Jerome,

Well, I have an implant of another brand (not Nucleus) and I do really good. I

was implanted in 2001 and have obtained a job in the hearing world as a

caseworker in adult protective services of social services. I am very

fortunate.

I am not sure brand really matters, there are various degrees of success with

all the brands, ..I suspect it depends more on the individual and how hard they

are willing to work if needed, than on the brand name of the implant, at this

point..as they're all really good techologically.

S.

upstate NY

my homepage that tells my CI story:

http://www.angelfire.com/ny/tracilee/tracilee4.html

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----- Original Message -----

From: Jerome Tan

Nope. I want to stick with Nucleus.

If ever I'm going to get one, I would choose N24C.

Base on my observation here, I noticed lots of people getting better result

with N24C, probably due to contour?

Regards/

Jerome

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the encouragement.

Regards/

Jerome

Re: Jerome

I wish you all the best as you work to improve your hearing ability, whether

it be by hearing aids or by making this extra effort to get a CI. You are

an example of an individual who is going the extra mile to help yourself and

disregarding the complications that are placed before you. Your

determination will obviously make you a winner.

Good Luck!

Alice

RE: Jerome

A company use to be a distributor of Nucleus is no longer a distributor

now... However, there are some audiologists here who will map Nucleus

cochelar implants.

I think I will have to fly to either Hongkong, Australia or Singapore if I

intend to get one.

Regards/

Jerome

[Guest guest]

Hi Jerome,

I think the Contour is a huge factor in it's success because it is

important to get the array close to the nerve fibers for better stimulaton with

less

power need. In my opinion, I also think that the variety of speech

programming strategies is also a factor as well as all the features available to

help

make the implant work well for each person. I also chose this implant because I

thought that 22 electrodes would be better than any less.

If you have any questions, I am happy to be here to help.

N24C

2000

In a message dated 4/10/2004 4:36:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,

jt1@... writes:

Base on my observation here, I noticed lots of people getting better result

with N24C, probably due to contour?

Regards/

Jerome

[Guest guest]

Hi Dixie-

>>That is correct, but there are new technologies out on some brands of

implants and processors that ARE NOT compatible with old technology

previously implanted in patients.<<

Do you mean like Cochlear? Where the Nucleus 22 users can't use anything

other than Speak as their processing strategy? (unless they want to use

a processor that is 9 years old and is no longer supported by Cochlear).

I have a feeling that isn't what you were referring to but it's true.

I don't think that is what you meant but it's true. The same goes for

the Clarion. People who were implanted before the CII was introduced

can't use HiResolution. They can use CIS, SAS and MPS however. It was

one of the reasons I chose the Clarion *8* years ago.

No implant company can continue to make new products and always have

them be compatible with the previous generation. That is just the way it

is if technology is going to continue to improve. That doesn't mean that

any implant manufactuere will stop developing things for older users,

they just won't have access to the new developments.

The same will hold true to anyone receiving an implant today in just a

few years (perhaps less for some brands).

I hope this clarifies some things-

Lorie

Clarion 1.2 5/96

[Guest guest]

Jerome

i may have missed something so please excuse me if you have already answered

this question

if i remember correctly you have talked to the Med-El rep about a CI

and you have seen an audiologist but have you met with any Doctors?

Do you know for fact you are a candidate for a CI?

i do agree with those who have shared here on this list getting a CI is

a major deal it takes courage and faith to do this i put it

off for years and now looking back i realize so many things i missed

when i was considering going bilateral an audie who was into research was

trying to persuade me to wait until one day they make a complete internal CI

this sounded fantastic and i was even considering this until i realize it

will be at least another 6 yrs or more

do you know how much hearing i would miss out in those 6 yrs??? way

too much!!!

i think when a person reaches a point that they really really want

to hear ... no matter what ... and hear now then they are ready for a CI

each person arrives at this point at different times and in different ways

but once they get there ... there is no turning back

best of luck

susan

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Currently I'm asking Med-El Philippines the possibility of having

PULSARci100.

Regarding the progress of evaluation, I already have my MRI scan and CT scan

with me and will be meeting the doctor tomorrow.

The audiologist who performed my hearing test said I'm a candidate base on

my hearing loss.

Regards/

Jerome

Re: Jerome

Jerome

i may have missed something so please excuse me if you have already answered

this question

if i remember correctly you have talked to the Med-El rep about a CI

and you have seen an audiologist but have you met with any Doctors?

Do you know for fact you are a candidate for a CI?

i do agree with those who have shared here on this list getting a CI

is

a major deal it takes courage and faith to do this i put it

off for years and now looking back i realize so many things i missed

when i was considering going bilateral an audie who was into research was

trying to persuade me to wait until one day they make a complete internal CI

this sounded fantastic and i was even considering this until i realize it

will be at least another 6 yrs or more

do you know how much hearing i would miss out in those 6 yrs??? way

too much!!!

i think when a person reaches a point that they really really want

to hear ... no matter what ... and hear now then they are ready for a CI

each person arrives at this point at different times and in different ways

but once they get there ... there is no turning back

best of luck

susan

[Guest guest]

Yeah I know that. There's nothing better than what nature has given us base

on millions of years of evolution/experiments.

With the situation I'm now, I'm looking for cochlear implants for:

1. hear 100 to 8000 hertz (major)

2. understand speech without lipreading (major)

3. relieve of tinnitus (major)

4. no feeling of being plugged (minor)

Regards/

Jerome

jerome

hi jerome

thank you for the nice description of yourself. i enjoyed reading about you.

helps me understand where you are coming from.

i know you are in a quest to hear well again. i want you to know that ci is

not " perfect hearing " its only an improvment over hearing aids. there is

still robotic sounds and you still have to deal with batteries. and you are

still deaf at night when you take it off. to me its lot like hearing aid,

it just a tool helps me to hear better , but not 100 percent like a hearing

person. i jsut wanted you to be aware of that because i know how much time

and energy you are putting into this ci thing.

have you ever met anyone in person with a ci? i have only been hooked up

with ci five weeks and so far im doing great. but if i cud get the same

benefit with hearing aids, i would have kept the hearing aids.

so i hope your goal is get better hearing whatever way that will be. for

most of us our number one goal is improved hearing. and we tried everything

to get better hearing through hearing aids, other equipment, assistive

devices, special phones, etc.. only as a last resort we got ci. and that

required some soul searching and courage to go thru surgery. and then ci

sounds are never what anyone expects them to be. its very different than a

hearing aid and i think very different from natrual hearing. i wish someone

had told me the sounds were very different and robotic , so a little shock

there. but to me, i hear way more sounds so i will take the electronic

hearing, therein is the compromise. so theres no " perfect solution " and

ci is far from perfect. just the best we have now available.

joni

preling

severe to profound

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