: thank you for responding!

July 6, 2006

Hi ,

I think my father has done what you are mentioning below. He showed

me the other day how his implant can change programs and stores other

ones that he can swich to. However, when you go into the audiologist,

what procedue is it when she/he hooks you up to the computer and it

usuallly takes a long time to complete. When he went in for that, is

when this whole thing changed for him. Did you have similar results.

How long have you had your cochlear implant? Are you happy with it?

Can you hear someone speak without reading their lips or looking

directly at them? These are all things I would love for my dad to do,

especially because I am getting married in March 2007 and I would love

more than anything for him to hear my vows and the music and

everything there. It would be a dream!

>

> Your father can request to have his better, previous MAP put back on

his

> processor as one program, along witht other MAPs put in the other

program

> slots. That way he can fall back on the familiar one in times of

necessity

> and practice the new ones in less stressful conditions.

>

July 6, 2006

Yes, it has happened to me when a new MAP did not work for me. Sometimes

through continued practiced I came to better discriminate sounds and speech.

Other times I never could adjust and that MAP was scrapped. But, it is a

good idea to keep the previous MAP you benefited from on one of the program

slots to fall back on. Your father has not been on the CI that long and

progress will vary with people. I have had my first CI for 6 years and the

second CI for almost 1 year. It took a number of months before I could

discriminate with the first and I understood right away with the second. I

am blind and cannot lipread. If your father has benefited once, chances are

he will again, and he may be in relatively good form come your wedding,

though it may not be perfect.

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