Re: Re: Nucleus System 4 Trials (was Nucleus 4G Trials?)

[Guest guest]

Dana,

The real question is, are you willing to wait indefinitely for the

new CI? Who knows how long it iwll take to get to market, 2006?

2007? And will the new features be worth the long wait?

In the meantime, you are not hearing. I know I beat to

this.... The time to hear is NOW.

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Sarcasm is just one more service I offer.

& Gimlet (Guide Dawggie)

Portland, Oregon

N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup

rlclark77@...

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

[Guest guest]

Hi Dana,

Thanks for the explanation of the System 4!

I just e-mailed my audi to ask if my center (Froedtert Hospital/Medical

College of Wisconsin) will be participating in the trial. Since there are

only four locations nationwide, I highly doubt they are one of them.

Making the decision to wait for the System 4 or go ahead with surgery *is* a

hard one to make! Since I've experienced a number of delays over the past

few months, I've decided to proceed with surgery and have the Nucleus 3.

If you decide to go ahead with the System 4, I hope you'll keep us updated

on how it works out for you. I'd be very interested in learning about the

improvements and differences between it and the Nucleus 3.

Hopefully users of older Nucleus devices can upgrade to the newer System 4

sometime next year.

[Guest guest]

Dana,

In that czse then you can afford to wait. Zen?

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& Gimlet (Guide Dawggie)

Portland, Oregon

N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup

rlclark77@...

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

[Guest guest]

Not only is it a matter of time but also of whether it will work!! I never

go for the first issue of anything man made..always wait for the

manufacturers to get the bugs out of whatever it is before I step up and

sometimes that can take sometime... I have a huge respect for the people

that were the Guinea Pigs for the Cochlear Implant manufacturers but no way

was I going to jump in there myself.. Just my take on it all

though..everyone is different..

Cheers

Dave in New Zealand

At 02:07 12/10/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>You're right, ...

>This definitely IS the big question. I meet with the surgeon later

>this week, and hope that this meeting sheds more light on that very

>question. I still do quite well and make good use of my residual

>hearing, which probably makes me more inclined to consider waiting

>than someone who feels that they get next to nothing before getting

>implanted.

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>I think that questioning everything is part of the process (at least

>for me), and when that gets too maddening, there's always the more

>zen-like approach of just sitting and waiting for the answer to appear.

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>Questioning and waiting,

>Dana

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> > 2007? And will the new features be worth the long wait?

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[Guest guest]

>>Whatever the outcome, there's some consolation in knowing that all the

options were researched and weighed, and that this wasn't something done on

a whim.<<

Dana,

Exactly! Whether or not you decide to participate in the trials, I hope

you'll let us know what happens.