and BH

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Hi ,

I really think my analogy of an Amish car mechanic holds in this case.

The fact that Bleeding heart is rather rude in his comments is something

that cannot be ignored. If a person is implanted and not doing well with

it, she needs to hear GOOD, friendly advice on what steps to take. A

person who has gone through the same process can help. Write down what

sounds you aren't hearing, schedule another mapping, etc. In other

words, EMPOWER a person to get the best mapping available. Being insulted

and belittled by someone who hasn't even started on the journey even if

he's read everything available, is not the kind of advice a person needs

at a time like this. This is supposed to be a friendly forum, with

people in the same situation offering help, not some self styled expert

dispensing advice based on what he's read.

Surgeons and audiologist are arbiters on WHO qualifies for an

implant. They are not the final arbiters on how an implant works. They

can't be. My implant surgeon often referred people to me because he KNEW

that I could tell them what he could not. I once told him that music

sounded discordant, and he wanted to know what I meant. I asked if he

remembered records, you know those vinyl things that went on a turntable?

If a record got warped, the sound was weird. THAT was the sound I was

talking about. Once I put it into terms HE could understand based on

record players, then he knew what I was talking about. He was trying to

tell me it was the difference between digital and some other kind of

processing. The audiologists are the same. While I can't tell an audi

HOW to map a processor, I can tell her what things should not be there

and what should.

The Original

Also how many CI surgeons, audiologists, etc are implanted? Yet they are

the

ones who are supposed to be the final arbiters, so the fact that BP

doesn't

have an implant doesn't mean the advice or comments have any less value.

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