Guest guest Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 I do want to have implant now. The reason why I'm a bit worried with Med-El is not with the speech processor, but more on the side of the surgeon. It's a nightmare when surgery goes wrong or electrodes not well-placed. Any news whether other cochlear implant brand like Advance Bionics and Med-El to come out something similar to that of Nucleus' Contour? Regards/ Jerome Information source Hi Jerome, I was implanted with the Nucleus 22 in 1996.Because of my otosclerosis 12 electrodes caused facial stimulation and had to be deactivated.I was implanted with the N24Contour on my other ear in 2001.Because the selfcurling 22 electrode array is placed close to the inner wall of the cochlea and farther away from my facial nerve only 4 electrodes were deactivated.Immediately at my activation of the N24C I was hearing high pitched sounds that i could not hear with my n22. Those electrodes were deactivated on my N22.So for me the N24C proved to be the better implant for my personal loss. Dora Weber dora_weber@... Bilateral N22-96 N24C-01 Cochlear Otosclerosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 -Hi Jerome Looks like your in that twilight zone of choosing brands. Take Alice's and a few others here advise, it worked for me. I was comfortable with all three brands. I tried to choose my surgeon and CI team wisely. They implant all brands and the audi teams work with all brands. In reading posts here I realized as many said, all three work. Everyone has a different journey. I looked and read all the brochures and then I held all three brands before choosing. The new AB 90K had the curl at the end of the electrode, I asked about this curl as all the liturature showed it straight. I was told the new ones have a precurl to them. Maybe someone here can verify that. I didn't choose because of a precurl as I have seen all three brands have successful users. I had confidence in my surgeon that an implant would be done and positioned perfectly. Keep reading and ask to see each implant, you can get an idea from the audi just in the way they explain each one, which ones they are more comfortable in working with. Your own answer will come to you and it will always be your right answer. Good luck I know how confusing everything can get at this point L in RI implanted 3/26 Brand X ;-) -- In , " Jerome Tan " <jt1@i...> wrote: > I do want to have implant now. The reason why I'm a bit worried with Med-El > is not with the speech processor, but more on the side of the surgeon. It's > a nightmare when surgery goes wrong or electrodes not well-placed. > > Any news whether other cochlear implant brand like Advance Bionics and > Med-El to come out something similar to that of Nucleus' Contour? > > Regards/ > Jerome > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Hi , I'm not into brands... I'm into CURLS. All brands will prove to be successful, however, the CURL thing will improve the rate of success and minimize the need for repeated surgery. As soon as all do have CURL thing, I won't care about the brand thing at all. Regards/ Jerome Re: Information source -Hi Jerome Looks like your in that twilight zone of choosing brands. Take Alice's and a few others here advise, it worked for me. I was comfortable with all three brands. I tried to choose my surgeon and CI team wisely. They implant all brands and the audi teams work with all brands. In reading posts here I realized as many said, all three work. Everyone has a different journey. I looked and read all the brochures and then I held all three brands before choosing. The new AB 90K had the curl at the end of the electrode, I asked about this curl as all the liturature showed it straight. I was told the new ones have a precurl to them. Maybe someone here can verify that. I didn't choose because of a precurl as I have seen all three brands have successful users. I had confidence in my surgeon that an implant would be done and positioned perfectly. Keep reading and ask to see each implant, you can get an idea from the audi just in the way they explain each one, which ones they are more comfortable in working with. Your own answer will come to you and it will always be your right answer. Good luck I know how confusing everything can get at this point L in RI implanted 3/26 Brand X ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Jerome, While I agree that getting the electrode array closer to the nerve fibers is one key to better outcomes, remember that as in hearing aids, " success " is much more than a single measure (i.e. word or sentence recognition). When looking at which implant to get, also look at things like batteries (type, life, your ability to handle them) how compatible the system is with Hearing Assistive Technologies like FM, loops etc, and the availability of professional resources. It really surprises me how many people live so far from their centers/ audiologists. I would think it would be very important to have someone available LOCALLY who can at least trouble shoot, but maybe I'm wrong. ____________________________________________ Best Regards, Brad Ingrao, M.S.Ed. CCC-A, FAAA Editor EDEN - The Electronic Deaf Education Network www.bradingrao.com e-mail: info@... Re: Information source -Hi Jerome Looks like your in that twilight zone of choosing brands. Take Alice's and a few others here advise, it worked for me. I was comfortable with all three brands. I tried to choose my surgeon and CI team wisely. They implant all brands and the audi teams work with all brands. In reading posts here I realized as many said, all three work. Everyone has a different journey. I looked and read all the brochures and then I held all three brands before choosing. The new AB 90K had the curl at the end of the electrode, I asked about this curl as all the liturature showed it straight. I was told the new ones have a precurl to them. Maybe someone here can verify that. I didn't choose because of a precurl as I have seen all three brands have successful users. I had confidence in my surgeon that an implant would be done and positioned perfectly. Keep reading and ask to see each implant, you can get an idea from the audi just in the way they explain each one, which ones they are more comfortable in working with. Your own answer will come to you and it will always be your right answer. Good luck I know how confusing everything can get at this point L in RI implanted 3/26 Brand X ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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