Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hello Maya's Mommy, I have lived with a severe/profound hearing loss all of my life. I was implanted in my " bad " ear with the Freedom and still wear my hearing aid in my " good " ear (which is now my lesser ear). My hearing aid seems to round out the low frequency sounds that I don't hear with my CI, plus it helps to localize sounds better in certain situations. Maya will probably do great with a CI and HA combined. I can hear just fine with my CI alone (which is what I do in the mornings when the house is quiet) but I put on my HA before I go to work and wear it the rest of the day. Hope this helps! Laurie in TN Severe/Profound Hearing Loss since 1957 Implanted with Freedom 8/30/06 Activated 9/20/06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Thanks. I guess I am just worried about making sure she doesnt lose the normallicy of a regular voice while having the CI. > > We do! So far it hasn't been a problem. My daughter gets quite a bit of > benefit from her right hearing aid at this point. Rather than confusing > her it seems to round everything out for her. She was activated three > months ago and is doing great so far... > > > > ___________________________ > > > > A. Weinzapfel > > > > PURCHASING DEPARTMENT > > UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA > > 812.464.1848 > > JWEINZAP@... > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf > Of dithompson75 > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:48 PM > > Subject: mayas mommy > > > > Hi All!! > My doctors are wanting to implant mayas left ear and have her still > wear a hearing aid on her right. Does anyone have this same situation > going on? I'm jsut concerned about it being confusing for her. > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hi , Well, that's my situation, exactly. At activation, I hated adding the hearing aid in to the mix. It brought in too many low tones, and muddied up the pure, clear, crisp high frequencies I was getting with the CI. My audi kept badgering me though, to integrate the aid, and after a couple months, I finally did. Now, they work together beautifully, and I miss the aid if I forget it. Doesn't keep me from hearing though, long as I have the CI. So to answer your question, it took some getting used to, but worked out ok in the end. Binns ----Original Message Follows---- From: " dithompson75 " <dithompson75@...> Reply- Subject: mayas mommy Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:48:22 -0000 Hi All!! My doctors are wanting to implant mayas left ear and have her still wear a hearing aid on her right. Does anyone have this same situation going on? I'm jsut concerned about it being confusing for her. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 That is wonderful news!!!!! The cochlear implant is quite a miracle! Anneliese In a message dated 2/28/2006 7:50:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, JWeinzap@... writes: though it is way too soon to tell for us, the sound of the words that my daughter says at this point are mixed. She says these words beautifully " mommy, Bye-bye, shoes, socks, stinks, doggy, and juice. (There are more that I haven't listed). She sounds more mono-tone with other words and then other times they can go either way. At this point we are just completely thrilled that she is hearing and using words. The fine-tuning will come as we continue with therapy. I think that with the CI, because the sound is so clear and crisp, it will only help to enhance the tones of her voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Although it is way too soon to tell for us, the sound of the words that my daughter says at this point are mixed. She says these words beautifully " mommy, Bye-bye, shoes, socks, stinks, doggy, and juice. (There are more that I haven't listed). She sounds more mono-tone with other words and then other times they can go either way. At this point we are just completely thrilled that she is hearing and using words. The fine-tuning will come as we continue with therapy. I think that with the CI, because the sound is so clear and crisp, it will only help to enhance the tones of her voice. Good luck with your decision and keep us posted. I know it seems scary now, but speaking only for us, we definitely made the right decision. ___________________________ A. Weinzapfel PURCHASING DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA 812.464.1848 JWEINZAP@... ________________________________ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of dithompson75 Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: Re: mayas mommy Thanks. I guess I am just worried about making sure she doesnt lose the normallicy of a regular voice while having the CI. > > We do! So far it hasn't been a problem. My daughter gets quite a bit of > benefit from her right hearing aid at this point. Rather than confusing > her it seems to round everything out for her. She was activated three > months ago and is doing great so far... > > > > ___________________________ > > > > A. Weinzapfel > > > > PURCHASING DEPARTMENT > > UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA > > 812.464.1848 > > JWEINZAP@... > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf > Of dithompson75 > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:48 PM > > Subject: mayas mommy > > > > Hi All!! > My doctors are wanting to implant mayas left ear and have her still > wear a hearing aid on her right. Does anyone have this same situation > going on? I'm jsut concerned about it being confusing for her. > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Hi Maya's mommy, How old is your daughter? My son is 6 and when he first got implanted, his words weren't all that clear. Some common words were clearly said by him then others. He's been with his for a little over a year now and he is speaking very well. Its ALOT of work! ALOT of speech therapy and for you to always remember that you are her biggest teacher. She will turn to you all the time. We have went out to school stores and bought things that we have used in therapy or in the classrooms just to work with my son and every afternoon he comes home from school and works with me for 2 hours on sounds, reading to ur child is the number 1 thing to do. I let him sit in my lap with his back against my chest so when I read the story he is listening to me read it and not reading my lips or wanting to see my sign to him. As we read the story I may ask him questions " like wheres the mommy " or " what is the boy doing " and he can now answer those questions for me orally! ITS WONDERFUL!! We use the Little Critter books there really great! My son goes to speech 4 times a week at his school during school hours then he goes twice a week after class and on fridays we see our own therapist! So He attends speech 7 times in a week plus everyday that he comes home and works with me! As ur daughter continues with her mappings it will enhance the way she hears so her speech with enhance but she needs the speech. " Weinzapfel, A " <JWeinzap@...> wrote: Although it is way too soon to tell for us, the sound of the words that my daughter says at this point are mixed. She says these words beautifully " mommy, Bye-bye, shoes, socks, stinks, doggy, and juice. (There are more that I haven't listed). She sounds more mono-tone with other words and then other times they can go either way. At this point we are just completely thrilled that she is hearing and using words. The fine-tuning will come as we continue with therapy. I think that with the CI, because the sound is so clear and crisp, it will only help to enhance the tones of her voice. Good luck with your decision and keep us posted. I know it seems scary now, but speaking only for us, we definitely made the right decision. ___________________________ A. Weinzapfel PURCHASING DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA 812.464.1848 JWEINZAP@... ________________________________ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of dithompson75 Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: Re: mayas mommy Thanks. I guess I am just worried about making sure she doesnt lose the normallicy of a regular voice while having the CI. > > We do! So far it hasn't been a problem. My daughter gets quite a bit of > benefit from her right hearing aid at this point. Rather than confusing > her it seems to round everything out for her. She was activated three > months ago and is doing great so far... > > > > ___________________________ > > > > A. Weinzapfel > > > > PURCHASING DEPARTMENT > > UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA > > 812.464.1848 > > JWEINZAP@... > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf > Of dithompson75 > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:48 PM > > Subject: mayas mommy > > > > Hi All!! > My doctors are wanting to implant mayas left ear and have her still > wear a hearing aid on her right. Does anyone have this same situation > going on? I'm jsut concerned about it being confusing for her. > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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