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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

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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...

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> ___________________________

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> A. Weinzapfel

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> PURCHASING DEPARTMENT

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> UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA

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> 812.464.1848

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> JWEINZAP@...

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> ________________________________

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> From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf

> Of dithompson75

> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:48 PM

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> Subject: mayas mommy

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> 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,

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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

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From: " dithompson75 " <dithompson75@...>

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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,

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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.

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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,

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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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,

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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