Guest guest Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Hi Jackie, Imagine her remembering that I had the worse ear implanted. Must have been that catchy " beating a dead horse " quote I used. My surgeon suggested implanting the dead ear - one that had NO stimulation and no hearing for 20 years. His reasoning was that if it didn't work, I was no worse off than I was before. I had no hearing in the other ear at this time either. He did look in that ear as well to see if it might be some otosclerosis there, but everything looked as normal as I get! If the surgeon is wanting to implant the better ear because it is easier to do, rather than because he thinks it will give better results, you do need to talk to him. Losing residual hearing is nothing to take on lightly. Sometimes the implants don't work. And you need whatever residual hearing you have to get along. Jackie, it is too bad that the audiologist's ego got in the way of contacting Cochlear and forced you to switch centers after wasting so much time. Why is it that some folks can't accept that they may NOT have all the answers, and it's OK to ask for help. One of the things I greatly admired about my implant surgeon was when I asked him a question and he didn't know the answer to it, he would admit, " I don't know " . Rather than making something up. Good luck, Jackie, with your upcoming mapping, and good luck Stan with getting the Dr. to consider YOUR wish to retain your hearing. Nucleus Volunteer Post lingual - Auto Immune disorder So - Sorry to get so wordy, again, but I hope it helps a little. I believe your audi won't change his/her mind regarding implantation of the worst ear, despite lots of evidence that it can work very well. Just ask ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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