: Me and my Freedom upgrade

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Hi Dora,

thanks for the great post. I'm having MY Freedom mapped tomorrow.

Trying to find a date when I could get there, and the audiologist was

free, well I've had the Freedom for 3 weeks now, and tomorrow is the day.

Your posting made me very excited about having this done. You go girl.

Posted by: " dora_weber@... " dora_weber@...

Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:25 am (PST)

This is for anyone who is uncertain about upgrading from the N24C to the

Freedom.

I am sure that all of you have heard the adage " If it isn't broke ,don't

fix it " .That is exactly how I felt about my N24C-3G.I was hearing

remarkably well with it.i was consistantly scoring 100% on sentence

tests..in the 70's for words.I thought how in the world could i hear any

better with the Freedom.I was also very much afraid that I would never be

able to learn to use the button controls.I had used them on my Sprint but

i then could see what I was doing.With the Freedom i was sure that I

would have take it the processor off my head to change the settings and

to see what it was set on..When I saw that there was a 45 day trial

period I decided..what the heck..I will order it and see what happens.I

watched the DVD twice and read the manual 3times and still I didn't think

i could handle it..you see when It comes to technology I am a total

clutz.

The transcision was made Friday,the 13th .(I am not superstitious)One of

the other audiologists sat in to watch and to learn.The comment was made

that the switchover was remarkably fast.They were sitting chatting and

all of a sudden i was hearing them.My remark was " Oh,my-The sound is so

nice. " My audiologist asked me if it was loud enough.I said " sure " and he

was very surprised.he said it was.'t on very loud at all.I asked if he

was talking in a normal tone and he said he was and the other audiologist

assured me that he was.I listened to my husband's voice and his voice

also sounded very nice.Then..my audiologist reached for that black

hoop...I have always hated that Thing and he knows it.his voice always

sounded so muffled .He spoke and WOW!no longer muffled.His voice sounded

beautiful and i answered every question.This brought smiles to him!!

Then it was on to training me to use the controls.It didn't take long to

get the hang of that at all.I will say that it just took hands on

practice to do this.I was still sceptical when I left the clinic but my

Audiologist assured me that I would be doing it in no time.He was right!

On the way home I put a CD in but but it was difficult to hear.It was a

very windy day and we were driving against the wind.So,I thought I would

try ADRO.I reached up to my N22 and was looking for the buttons.Myron saw

this and said, " You won't find any buttons there!!

I did find them on the Freedom!!LOL!My first program is plain,2nd is

AdRO,3rd Beam and 4th is Whisper.I heard two beaps so knew it was

ADRO.That sounded better but I thought i would try Whisper.(I wanted to

hear more beeps!!!!)First 3 then 4 and I knew I was on Whisper.That is

where i kept it and I was able to enjoy the music very much.

I have not needed to change the Volume and Sen. settings but I have been

playing with those buttons too.The T-coil is pretty cool...push both

sides down.I have tried the phone with and without the T-coil.I can hear

very well without it but the voices are richer sounding when using the

TcoilAnd..oh,yes.I have turned the closed captioning off on the TV.I

realized that when watching I was not reading along.

This is getting to be even longer than Camilles and Carol's posts so I

will wind down..for now.

Boy,Am I thankful that I decided to try the Freedom upgrade.!!!Cochlear

Americas WILL NOT GET IT BACK!

To summarize :

I have heard the sound described as sharp and crisp.I call it Rich! The

Freedom contains high degree qualitities that are pleasing to the sense

of hearing.--sound is full ,satisfing and pleasing to my ear.Not only

that ..I hear more sounds..like the furnace kicking in and the sound of

the air flowing through the vents,the fridge,clocks ticking. And like

Carol.being able to hear other's conversations.We were out to dinner last

night..I was able to hear the waiter at another table ask the patron what

kind of dressing she wanted and her answer " french..on the side! "

I thank Cochlear from the bottom of my heart for fullfilling their

Motto.Hear Now and Always! This is my 3rd upgrade..each was better than

the last--they did a wonderful job with the Freedom!Now bring on the

upgrade for the N22!!

Love and Thanks

Dora Weber

Nucleus Volunteer Advocate

dora_weber@...