& background noises

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

One nice thing about the CI is that you can control the sensitivity of

the microphone (I'm talking the Nucleus implant here, since that is the

type I have). Think of the pebble dropping in the water, and the circles

of water that appear around it. That's how a sensitivity map works. You

can increase the sensitivity and increase the area from where you hear

sounds. Bigger area, more sounds coming in, hence, more " noise in the

background " . Volume is fixed at a rate you're comfortable with (This is

on the 3G behind the ear processor)

With the body worn (BWP) processor, you can control both the volume

and the sensitivity, so you can dampen down the sensitivity to one, and

increase the volume, and understand the folks right near you.

Also, with the CI, you can use ALDs, like telecoil, direct patch cords

to listen to walkman, TV, radio, etc. And eliminate all background

noises. So there are some advantages to this.

I'm implanted on the left, so when I'm driving around in the summer

with the windows rolled down, I use a long cord on my speech processor

(11 inches). This allows me to move the processor to the right, so I can

listen to the car radio, passengers, etc. without having to listen to the

rush of air coming through the open window. The magnet section of the

processor must stay over the internal magnet, but with the longer cords,

you can move the actual speech processor wherever you want it.

You're asking good question. Have you been evaluated yet?

Nucleus Volunteer

From: Neely <rsneely@...>

Subject: update #2 (background noise?)

thank you for sharing that post. I do realize

that each person's experience with the CI may be

different but you have provided good detail of your

experience.

I wonder if others have been able in time to " ignore "

all of those new sounds you are now hearing. I

suppose it is a function of your brain assigning it a

lower priority. While I do not have a CI, I struggle

in the car (especially on the highway) with the extra

noise. Use of ALDs makes it a lot easier.

So, I have added (background noise?) to the subject

line in hopes others will share their experience on

coping with all of the " new " background noise post

activiation.

Neely, Dallas Texas