Re: Well been thinking about going Bilateral

[Guest guest]

Wow, Tad. It's been a long time since we have heard from you but your report is

great and I'm very happy for you. It sounds as if your quality of life has

improved because you made the choice to have the CI and that is pretty much the

norm. It's also exciting to read that you are considering the bilateral option

and I wish you the best with your decision making. I'm sure it's almost as

difficult to make this decision as it was to make the first one but I know

you'll make the right decision for yourself.

Thanks for reporting in. I really enjoyed your message and I'm sure I'm not the

only one.

Alice

> Hi everyone. Been awhile and it's been pretty busy at work and home.

> Since August 4th,2004 (my turn on date) with my Nucleus 24, I have

> been very fortunate like many of you to get so much of my hearing

> back in my right ear. It has been one of the most incredible journey

> for me. I have lately been listening to talk shows on the radio all

> day at work. It's just so wonderful. Tad>

[Guest guest]

I've heard that the FDA has not approved bilateral implants in the

US. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

Tom

>

> Hi everyone. Been awhile and it's been pretty busy at work and

home.

> Since August 4th,2004 (my turn on date) with my Nucleus 24, I have

> been very fortunate like many of you to get so much of my hearing

> back in my right ear. It has been one of the most incredible

journey

> for me. I have lately been listening to talk shows on the radio all

> day at work. One of the shows I listen to is Rush Limbaugh. I

should

> call Rush sometimes and hear myself on the radio with him. )I

know

> he got the implant himself. I can't tell you how much fun it has

> been for me to be able to understand people on the radio. I was

> never able to do that before. I have been able to talk to my

clients

> on the phone at work and never had to have them repeat most of the

> time. It's just so wonderful.

> Now the more I think about getting a second implant done, the more

I

> want to. The only thing I'm nervous about is knowing that if I do

> get the second implant I will lose most of the lowest frequency

> sounds. I think most of us undersatand that the wire that gets

> implanted in the Cochlea only goes so far into it. The lowest

sounds

> are picked up in the farthest and smallest area in the Cochlea. The

> wire can't go all the way back so it doesn't really help you in the

> lowest frequency areas of hearing. You hear great when you hear all

> the mid range and high frequency sounds and those areas are where

> people are talking. So that's great. But when you listen to music

> somtimes you miss out on some of the sounds. But you also gain on

> the high frequencies. So music is not all that bad for me. I

> actually enjoy music more now.

> My hearing aid in my left ear picks up the low frequencies but to

be

> honest it's really not that loud. I do have 110 DB loss in that ear

> still. It's quiet in that ear. By the way my hearing in my implant

> ear went from 110 db to 20 - 30db.

> So now I have been thinking about getting the second implant done

> because I know how much better it will be for me to be able to hear

> the same way in both ears as I do with my implant now. I ask

myself,

> if I will miss the low frequency sounds if I do that. Knowing that

I

> can't hear very well anyway in the hearing aid ear, probably not. I

> am so used to listening with both ears. I grew up hard of hearing

> and I know hearing out of both ears is the best way for me.

> I have not been wearing my hearing aid for the last 2 weeks because

> I ran out of my hearing aid batteries. I didn't want to use my

> implant batteries for them. During the two weeks I have found that

I

> can't really tell the difference with or without that hearing aid

on

> anyway. When the battery died on my hearing aid I would never know

> it died because I have been doing so well with the implant. LOL

> But anyway, this is what I have been thinking for the last month or

> so and I think I'm definatly going to get my second implant done.

> Probably will have it done next spring. There is no hurry. But I

> wanted to share this with you all. It's an important decision to

> make and maybe some of you will have some advices for me. Hope all

> is wll with you all.

> Tad

[Guest guest]

Don't you have to have 60% sentence discrimination in your one implant to

qualify for 2nd CI?

Re: Well been thinking about going Bilateral

>

> Wow, Tad. It's been a long time since we have heard from you but your

report is great and I'm very happy for you. It sounds as if your quality of

life has improved because you made the choice to have the CI and that is

pretty much the norm. It's also exciting to read that you are considering

the bilateral option and I wish you the best with your decision making. I'm

sure it's almost as difficult to make this decision as it was to make the

first one but I know you'll make the right decision for yourself.

>

> Thanks for reporting in. I really enjoyed your message and I'm sure I'm

not the only one.

>

> Alice

>

>

>

>

> > Hi everyone. Been awhile and it's been pretty busy at work and home.

> > Since August 4th,2004 (my turn on date) with my Nucleus 24, I have

> > been very fortunate like many of you to get so much of my hearing

> > back in my right ear. It has been one of the most incredible journey

> > for me. I have lately been listening to talk shows on the radio all

> > day at work. It's just so wonderful. Tad>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

It doesn't seem to work that way. I'm not sure if this varies from CI Center to

CI Center but for the most part - anyone who has already qualified for one CI

qualifies for the second. It's the insurance approval that becomes a problem.

Alice

>

> Don't you have to have 60% sentence discrimination in your one implant to

> qualify for 2nd CI?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Tad,

Thanks for your post. I enjoyed reading it. I will keep your post for

my future reference when my hearing get worsen. I believe it will also

be an inspirational reading for future CI candidates.

Regards/

Jerome

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 17:43:34 -0000, TadXL <tadxl@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hi everyone. Been awhile and it's been pretty busy at work and home.

> Since August 4th,2004 (my turn on date) with my Nucleus 24, I have

> been very fortunate like many of you to get so much of my hearing

> back in my right ear. It has been one of the most incredible journey

> for me. I have lately been listening to talk shows on the radio all

> day at work. One of the shows I listen to is Rush Limbaugh. I should

> call Rush sometimes and hear myself on the radio with him. )I know

> he got the implant himself. I can't tell you how much fun it has

> been for me to be able to understand people on the radio. I was

> never able to do that before. I have been able to talk to my clients

> on the phone at work and never had to have them repeat most of the

> time. It's just so wonderful.

> Now the more I think about getting a second implant done, the more I

> want to. The only thing I'm nervous about is knowing that if I do

> get the second implant I will lose most of the lowest frequency

> sounds. I think most of us undersatand that the wire that gets

> implanted in the Cochlea only goes so far into it. The lowest sounds

> are picked up in the farthest and smallest area in the Cochlea. The

> wire can't go all the way back so it doesn't really help you in the

> lowest frequency areas of hearing. You hear great when you hear all

> the mid range and high frequency sounds and those areas are where

> people are talking. So that's great. But when you listen to music

> somtimes you miss out on some of the sounds. But you also gain on

> the high frequencies. So music is not all that bad for me. I

> actually enjoy music more now.

> My hearing aid in my left ear picks up the low frequencies but to be

> honest it's really not that loud. I do have 110 DB loss in that ear

> still. It's quiet in that ear. By the way my hearing in my implant

> ear went from 110 db to 20 - 30db.

> So now I have been thinking about getting the second implant done

> because I know how much better it will be for me to be able to hear

> the same way in both ears as I do with my implant now. I ask myself,

> if I will miss the low frequency sounds if I do that. Knowing that I

> can't hear very well anyway in the hearing aid ear, probably not. I

> am so used to listening with both ears. I grew up hard of hearing

> and I know hearing out of both ears is the best way for me.

> I have not been wearing my hearing aid for the last 2 weeks because

> I ran out of my hearing aid batteries. I didn't want to use my

> implant batteries for them. During the two weeks I have found that I

> can't really tell the difference with or without that hearing aid on

> anyway. When the battery died on my hearing aid I would never know

> it died because I have been doing so well with the implant. LOL

> But anyway, this is what I have been thinking for the last month or

> so and I think I'm definatly going to get my second implant done.

> Probably will have it done next spring. There is no hurry. But I

> wanted to share this with you all. It's an important decision to

> make and maybe some of you will have some advices for me. Hope all

> is wll with you all.

> Tad

>

>

>