Re: Re: upgrades

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Hi again thanks for your response. I thought I had prepared myself for this

upgrade. Everyone told me how different and difficult it would be at the

beginning. One can't help but to compare to their initial hook up at a time

like this. But not having anyone to compare to I am unsure if my expectations

are too high for this upgrade. The only setting that I can understand speech is

in a closed room with no type of background noise at all. Since I cannot turn

this processor down like I could the Nucleus I have to just turn it off when in

a setting like the grocery. Last night I went to Curves and could not

understand a single word of any conversation that was directed right to me

within 4 feet. I guess what I am looking for is someone else who went from the

Nucleus 22 to a 3 G and a time frame. I am a pretty social person and I find

myself avoiding all gatherings. I am running a blood drive for this Monday and

I am so worried about the communication issue. Most will be strangers donating

for a mutual friend so they will not know about the hearing problems I have. It

has been 2 weeks today sine I got the 3 G and to me it seems to get a little

worse daily instead of better. I know that this seems very petty to

some...thinking well at least she hears something. I know this...but to have

had a fairly successful use of an implant for 14 years this drop in speech has

just been harder than I imagined. I am not a wimp or a quitter I just wanted to

find someone who has been this route before. Thanks so much for writing.

Re: Re: upgrades

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>Pam,

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>What do you mean by the statement that " it is not moving well at all " ? and

what is depressing you about this upgrade?

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>Please tell more about your situation. I'm truly sorry you're having so many

problems.

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>Pam (in Alaska --not " the original " , I think there may be 3 of us now or maybe

you are the original!! smile!)

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> Hello everyone, I rudely posted a question about 10 days ago without ever

bothering to introduce myself or to explain where I am in this lifetime trek in

obtaining the best possible man made hearing. I did get one reply to my

question from Michele and I was very grateful. So here goes.

> I recently celebrated my 14th anniversary for my original hook up date for my

Nucleus 22. I was totally deaf (from unknown cause just lots of possibles like

auto immune inner ear disease) just 7 months before the surgery. It was very

similar to lots of your individual stories...I understood speech immediately,

the munchkin voices changed to normal by day's end. And life went on. Recently

I was upgraded to the Contour 3 G since the Freedom is not available as yet for

compatitbility with Nucleus 22 surgery. It has just been 2 weeks since this

upgrade but it does not seem to be moving well at all.

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