Guest guest Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Mike, when I was tested last month, I was told to guess if I didn't hear it. Also, if there was a complete sentence I was to repeat any part of that sentence that I heard. I didn't really think they would find my hearing bad enough, but they did, and I'm so grateful that I was approved. The whole process, from initial evaluation to surgery date, is just over three months. It happened so fast I didn't have time to think about it. Judy in Jax, FL On Dec 1, 2005, at 9:33 AM, wrote: > From: " Partridge " <gigabyte@...> > Subject: Welcome to > > I will offer one bit of advise, when he goes for the " Hint Test " (this > is one of the booth tests he will have to take) stress that he should > not " Guess " he will be asked to repeat words and phrases which are > played from a tape or CD, we naturally guess and try to fill in the > blanks as we learn to cope with hearing loss, and doing this can cause > a false result on that test. In my case the first time I was evaluated > I " guessed " one to many times and I actually passed the test so I was > denied an Implant at that time. You can't imagine the stress that > caused me, I was not part of this forum or any support group then so > it was very difficult. I was reevaluated after 6 months and the second > time I was prepared, I did not guess, if I did not hear or understand > a word I did not try to repeat anything or said " What? " I don't think > my hearing had changed much but I flunked the test big time and was > approved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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