Re: water proof?

[Guest guest]

It's not water proof. There are jackets sold for the speech processor. I'm

not sure if they help a lot. Every night you also put it in Dry & Store. I'm

not sure about stronger magnet, but that's not where the weight is, it's on

the curve thing attached behind your ear.

Regards/

Jerome

water proof?

Hey everyone!

Is it waterproof???? What happen if you sweat alot? I am a big fan of

jogger, runner, and yoga. So I jog and run on most mornings for 2 hours and

sometimes an hour or 75-minutes of yoga. Would that much of sweat affect

CI?

I am also a hip hop dancer, but haven't dance for a while. But if I jump up

and down, and from left to right and vice versa. Would that thing fall off

easily? I mean, someone told me put a hairclip but I really hate hairclip -

it doesn't looks good on me and I hate hair accessories! Sorry ladies - no

offense. Is it possible to get a stronger magnet so that it won't fall off

easily?

di

[Guest guest]

Jerome,

Not to make a big deal out of it but when you say things like " I'm

not sure if they help a lot. " that is when you should leave the

responses to those who do know. Too often these responses can muddy

the waters more than clear them. You've done a lot of research but

you have yet to experience the CI first hand and that in many cases is

important.

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It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your

neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

& Gimlet (Guide Dawggie)

Portland, Oregon

N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup

rlclark77@...

http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/

[Guest guest]

Cochlear is in the process of making a water proof processor. I'm not sure how

long it will take but I do know that this is one of their projects.

You can find this information on their website.

Alice

[Guest guest]

I think it's really hard to tell when something can't be answered in black

or white, when people ask expecting an answer of black or white, and you

can't tell them whether it's black or white, you give them an answer of

varying grayness.

In the case, I just wanted to inform that jackets for speech processor do

exist. Whether they help or not, I am not very certain. First hand

experience is not enough because you also need to know where it will be

used.

For exercise and small perspiration, yes, they make speech processors water

proof, but to go on swimming with those jackets, they are not going to make

the speech processor water proof.

Hey... I wanted to experience CI... The surgeon hesitates because of my

residual hearing. Maybe next year or the following year.

Regards/

Jerome

Re: water proof?

Jerome,

Not to make a big deal out of it but when you say things like " I'm not

sure if they help a lot. " that is when you should leave the responses to

those who do know. Too often these responses can muddy the waters more than

clear them. You've done a lot of research but you have yet to experience

the CI first hand and that in many cases is important.

*---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's

newspaper, that's the time to do it.

& Gimlet (Guide Dawggie)

Portland, Oregon

N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup

rlclark77@...

http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/

[Guest guest]

Jerome,

You can't go swimming with a hearing aid either.

Alice

[Guest guest]

Jerome,

That is my point. Right, there is no black and white but that is

not what I am suggesting. Going swimming with a CI on? That is a no

brainer.

Point is, speculating on issues is just that. Speculating on

whether a brian injured person could benefit froma CI is just that.

We could all jump in and say, " sure " , " why not " , " maybe " , " he could

try " . But is that productive? Jerome, there are times when we

shouldn't speculate, but let one who CAN contribute do so.

Hair cell regeneration, that one is open to speculation. Why?

Because its totally up in the air and will be for years. That's fine.

When the time is right, you will get your CI. If now is not the

time, you need to accept that and go on with your life.

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You can't solve a problem with the same thinking that created the

problem in the first place.

--Albert Einstein

& Gimlet (Guide Dawggie)

Portland, Oregon

N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup

rlclark77@...

http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/

[Guest guest]

Jerome:

You seem to be " not sure " all the time with everything. Why this sense of

insecurity all the time? Even with the CI, hair cells, HA's and now you are not

sure here too.

I think you should desist from giving such opinions as I feel people get

confused. There are so many experienced contributors in the forum and have

written very explicitly about them. In my opinion they are in a better position

to explain certain issues regarding the CI or HA's. What you need to do is share

your experiences and not opinions (unless you have experienced them) too often.

Let me tell you that reading through all the experiences and journals from

various CI implantees have educated me more and I have done a lot of personal

research off the web and have never put in opinions where I am not qualified to

answer. I will write my experience with the CI after I have been implanted and

activated, but surely will give a case study experience to anyone, who asks for

it, having a similar condition like mine.

You are fortunate to have some residual hearing still left and being assisted

with a HA is far more better than some of us who are totally deaf and the CI is

the only hope and patiently waiting for the CI surgery. Make the most of what

you have and rather not be skeptical of what you do not have. It is good that

you have done so much work in research, but use it to help yourself and make

yourself more confident. You raised a bit of a storm with ganglion, hair cells

etc. Are you willing to wait out, for the hair cell research to conclude and it

may even take a decade or may not even happen. Who cares and knows, but let me

tell you my experience with hearing and I presume you may also face this

situation one day. On feb 4th 2003, I went to sleep after switching off my HA on

my right ear and when I woke up the following day, I put the HA on and found

that I could not hear anything with it. This is how it is to be hearing one

minute and be deaf the very next minute. So make the most of what you have and

accordingly follow advice and experiences of others to get towards a CI that can

help you perform as a better person and lead you to quality life.One day you put

in a comment on Brain Stem implant. I think in my opinion this is a dangerous

move. Please try to tread carefully on technical issues. If you have access to

good literature on such techincal questions, please forward them to anyone who

requests, but not offerring an opinion. Getting yourself a CI is the ultimate

goal and for that you have to get through some pre-conditions. There is an

optimum criteria for CI qualification and that happens only when your hearing

levels drop below to a certain db and Mhz, until you reach there, one should

not think about CI at any time. If you encounter a problem with the HA, then ask

thers, on how if they experienced a similar problem and then narrate your

experiences to them as it helps, for some of us to understand, oh! Jerome too

had a similar problem to mine and we could take this approach as he was taken by

his Otologist, something like that...

One day you were talking about this Med El model and the other new model, then

you switched over to HA, this model and that...may be you are confusing too much

and are not being focused at all. This could make it that you cannot arrive at a

decision without a confusion. FDA approval is only needed in the US and other

countries where regulations carry importance. I don't think pines has

something like that. I remember your comment on a question of Bilateral

Implants. You need not even concern yourself with FDA approvals, in your case,

if you have the money since you have to finance it yourself then go ahead safely

with the CI.

I hope you get a more clearer picture here and helps you in your pursuit to

wellness and good hearing

Ravi