Re: Digest Number 1051-Hooray! I am a candidate!

[Guest guest]

I am sorta new here having been mostly lurking as I do not yet have a

CI.........I spent Friday morning at the implant clinic in Vancouver and the

good news is I qualify for a CI in my right ear. Our waits up here in

Canada are fairly long so it will likely be a year at least until surgery.

At least nowi know i will be getting one.......I was very anxious while

waiting for my assessment.........so now I can relax a bit. I had a 50 word

test of one syllable words.........I got ONE right on the right side and 14

on the left. That is borderline ........I do have some hearing on that side

so the audi suggested I test drive an aid on the left before the surgery. I

have never worn aids (have been severely deaf for approx. 30 yr.) for 2 main

reasons. I did trials twice and never got any help with speech

discrimination, so never went ahead as finances were a big factor. The audi

wants to test me again with an aid on my " good " side and thinks I would do

well with the implant on the right and aided on the left. As I have a year

to wait anyway, I am going to try his suggestion and if it does help we will

find the $ somehow.

severely deaf for 30+ yr, awaiting surgery in BC, Canada

Digest Number 1051

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You're not new here at all! I remember you way back in February. Seems

like things are progressing for you and I hope the year that you have to wait

will go quickly.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations!

I'll be getting my BTE hearing aids tomorrow afternoon. I hope to have the

hearing test soon.

Regards/

Jerome

Re: Digest Number 1051-Hooray! I am a candidate!

I am sorta new here having been mostly lurking as I do not yet have a

CI.........I spent Friday morning at the implant clinic in Vancouver and the

good news is I qualify for a CI in my right ear. Our waits up here in

Canada are fairly long so it will likely be a year at least until surgery.

At least nowi know i will be getting one.......I was very anxious while

waiting for my assessment.........so now I can relax a bit. I had a 50 word

test of one syllable words.........I got ONE right on the right side and 14

on the left. That is borderline ........I do have some hearing on that side

so the audi suggested I test drive an aid on the left before the surgery. I

have never worn aids (have been severely deaf for approx. 30 yr.) for 2 main

reasons. I did trials twice and never got any help with speech

discrimination, so never went ahead as finances were a big factor. The audi

wants to test me again with an aid on my " good " side and thinks I would do

well with the implant on the right and aided on the left. As I have a year

to wait anyway, I am going to try his suggestion and if it does help we will

find the $ somehow.

severely deaf for 30+ yr, awaiting surgery in BC, Canada

Digest Number 1051

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[Guest guest]

,

Congrats on becoming a candidate for the ci.

Many people who do have a ci wear a hearing aid in the unimplanted

ear with excellent results, while others put their hearing aids away

for good.

I hope all goes well for you and that you do get some benefit from

your hearing aid along with the implant.

Since you have a good while before getting the ci, you should be

well versed in what how the implants work and what to expect from

yours.

Stick with us and glad you are sharing your journey with us.

Hugs,

Silly MI

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> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:23 AM

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> Subject: Re: Digest Number 1051-Hooray! I am a candidate!

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> I am sorta new here having been mostly lurking as I do not yet

have a

> CI.........I spent Friday morning at the implant clinic in

Vancouver and the

> good news is I qualify for a CI in my right ear.