Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Elyssa, There are not very many people with the MedEl implant on this forum, but I'm sure that I speak for many others that we are all curious about it. Please share more of your experiences with surgery and activation, and where you had it done. I have Cochlear Americas' N24C soft tip implant, and the 3-G processor BTE. activated 12/04 prelingually profoundly deaf, aged 44 On 4/5/06, elhopsh <elhopsh@...> wrote: > I have a Medel cochlear implant. I just got it last summer. I just > wondering if you know about Medel things... Please let me know about it. > > Thanks, > Elyssa > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I know it is not very many people get Medel. Medel implant came out 2001, I think. I am not sure. I underwent to surgery on June 7th, 2005 and got Medel on July 5th, 2005. Actually, It is my second cochlear implant. My first cochlear implant was Nucleus 22 and not wear it anymore. I am using wear Medel now. It is very good processors. I can hear a lot environment sounds, pure tone high and low pitch, and vowels. I am focusing to listening skill without looking read lip. Elyssa Lehfeldt <Lehfeldt@...> wrote: Elyssa, There are not very many people with the MedEl implant on this forum, but I'm sure that I speak for many others that we are all curious about it. Please share more of your experiences with surgery and activation, and where you had it done. I have Cochlear Americas' N24C soft tip implant, and the 3-G processor BTE. activated 12/04 prelingually profoundly deaf, aged 44 On 4/5/06, elhopsh <elhopsh@...> wrote: > I have a Medel cochlear implant. I just got it last summer. I just > wondering if you know about Medel things... Please let me know about it. > > Thanks, > Elyssa > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I was going to say the same thing, that I am glad to meet someone with the Med-El implant, and am curious to learn about it. Elissa, I have the Advanced Bionics 90k implant, I just passed my one year CI anniversary. Binns ----Original Message Follows---- From: " Lehfeldt " <Lehfeldt@...> Reply- Subject: Re: Medel Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 06:24:07 -0400 Elyssa, There are not very many people with the MedEl implant on this forum, but I'm sure that I speak for many others that we are all curious about it. Please share more of your experiences with surgery and activation, and where you had it done. I have Cochlear Americas' N24C soft tip implant, and the 3-G processor BTE. activated 12/04 prelingually profoundly deaf, aged 44 On 4/5/06, elhopsh <elhopsh@...> wrote: > I have a Medel cochlear implant. I just got it last summer. I just > wondering if you know about Medel things... Please let me know about it. > > Thanks, > Elyssa > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Elyssa, why don't you wear your Nucleus anymore? How do you like your Med-El? Binns ----Original Message Follows---- From: Elyssa <elhopsh@...> Reply- Subject: Re: Medel Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:37:18 -0700 (PDT) I know it is not very many people get Medel. Medel implant came out 2001, I think. I am not sure. I underwent to surgery on June 7th, 2005 and got Medel on July 5th, 2005. Actually, It is my second cochlear implant. My first cochlear implant was Nucleus 22 and not wear it anymore. I am using wear Medel now. It is very good processors. I can hear a lot environment sounds, pure tone high and low pitch, and vowels. I am focusing to listening skill without looking read lip. Elyssa Lehfeldt <Lehfeldt@...> wrote: Elyssa, There are not very many people with the MedEl implant on this forum, but I'm sure that I speak for many others that we are all curious about it. Please share more of your experiences with surgery and activation, and where you had it done. I have Cochlear Americas' N24C soft tip implant, and the 3-G processor BTE. activated 12/04 prelingually profoundly deaf, aged 44 On 4/5/06, elhopsh <elhopsh@...> wrote: > I have a Medel cochlear implant. I just got it last summer. I just > wondering if you know about Medel things... Please let me know about it. > > Thanks, > Elyssa > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Oh really, I never heard about that Advanced Bionics before until I found out last 2 months ago. I think. I heard Advanced Bionics is populars but I am not sure. Elyssa Binns <treasure43@...> wrote: I was going to say the same thing, that I am glad to meet someone with the Med-El implant, and am curious to learn about it. Elissa, I have the Advanced Bionics 90k implant, I just passed my one year CI anniversary. Binns ----Original Message Follows---- From: " Lehfeldt " <Lehfeldt@...> Reply- Subject: Re: Medel Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 06:24:07 -0400 Elyssa, There are not very many people with the MedEl implant on this forum, but I'm sure that I speak for many others that we are all curious about it. Please share more of your experiences with surgery and activation, and where you had it done. I have Cochlear Americas' N24C soft tip implant, and the 3-G processor BTE. activated 12/04 prelingually profoundly deaf, aged 44 On 4/5/06, elhopsh <elhopsh@...> wrote: > I have a Medel cochlear implant. I just got it last summer. I just > wondering if you know about Medel things... Please let me know about it. > > Thanks, > Elyssa > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Well, I was 8 years old and got Nucleus cochlear implant until 3 years later, not working for me anymore. I give up that for 5 years because gave me headache a lot and sound was very weird. It was very complicated to sound. Now, I love my Medel and it is perfect for me. That's much better than my old cochear implant. I am happy. I can hear almost everything. Binns <treasure43@...> wrote: Elyssa, why don't you wear your Nucleus anymore? How do you like your Med-El? Binns ----Original Message Follows---- From: Elyssa Reply- Subject: Re: Medel Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:37:18 -0700 (PDT) I know it is not very many people get Medel. Medel implant came out 2001, I think. I am not sure. I underwent to surgery on June 7th, 2005 and got Medel on July 5th, 2005. Actually, It is my second cochlear implant. My first cochlear implant was Nucleus 22 and not wear it anymore. I am using wear Medel now. It is very good processors. I can hear a lot environment sounds, pure tone high and low pitch, and vowels. I am focusing to listening skill without looking read lip. Elyssa Lehfeldt wrote: Elyssa, There are not very many people with the MedEl implant on this forum, but I'm sure that I speak for many others that we are all curious about it. Please share more of your experiences with surgery and activation, and where you had it done. I have Cochlear Americas' N24C soft tip implant, and the 3-G processor BTE. activated 12/04 prelingually profoundly deaf, aged 44 On 4/5/06, elhopsh wrote: > I have a Medel cochlear implant. I just got it last summer. I just > wondering if you know about Medel things... Please let me know about it. > > Thanks, > Elyssa > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hi Elyssa - Welcome to CI Hear! I'm glad to meet another MED-EL CI'er I've had my implant for 3 1/2 years now and am still amazed by what I hear with it. I'm glad to hear you are doing well with your CI, that's terrific. If you have questions just ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Take care, Pam MED-EL 6/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 That's good, I need to meet the medel cochlear implanter. You like it? How was it so far? Did you get the word without looking read lip? How long you used processor? I jus curious. I love my medel ci. It is much better than my old ci. Can you explain to me about 123 different program? Thanks. I hope talk to you later. Elyssa Pam <pamc86@...> wrote: Hi Elyssa - Welcome to CI Hear! I'm glad to meet another MED-EL CI'er I've had my implant for 3 1/2 years now and am still amazed by what I hear with it. I'm glad to hear you are doing well with your CI, that's terrific. If you have questions just ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Take care, Pam MED-EL 6/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hi Pam, Elyssa, I also have a Med El (Tempo), and I'm thinking about getting an implant for my other ear. Maybe a Med El Pulsar, which is pretty new. I know that Med El has had some reliability issues, so I'm trying to get more information about those. I might get another brand. Anybody out there with bilateral Med El implants or mixed Med El-and-something-else implants with thoughts to share? Thanks, Ed Med El 5/04 Ed Pottharst Neighborhood District Coordinator North District City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Lake City Neighborhood Service Center 12525 28th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98125 ed.pottharst@... direct dial: 711 (relay service), then ask for 206-386-4232 phone message: 206-684-7526 fax: 206-684-0896 >>> pamc86@... 04/06/06 5:34 PM >>> Hi Elyssa - Welcome to CI Hear! I'm glad to meet another MED-EL CI'er I've had my implant for 3 1/2 years now and am still amazed by what I hear with it. I'm glad to hear you are doing well with your CI, that's terrific. If you have questions just ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Take care, Pam MED-EL 6/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hi Elyssa, Do you have Med El Tempo? I do, and it allows you to store 3 programs in your processor. That's what the 123 is about. When I go in for programming, my audie puts the best of the previous 3 programs into 1 and gives me two new programs to try out (2 and 3). If I don't like either of the two new ones, I can always revert to program 1. Very nice feature! Ed >>> elhopsh@... 04/06/06 5:48 PM >>> That's good, I need to meet the medel cochlear implanter. You like it? How was it so far? Did you get the word without looking read lip? How long you used processor? I jus curious. I love my medel ci. It is much better than my old ci. Can you explain to me about 123 different program? Thanks. I hope talk to you later. Elyssa Pam <pamc86@...> wrote: Hi Elyssa - Welcome to CI Hear! I'm glad to meet another MED-EL CI'er I've had my implant for 3 1/2 years now and am still amazed by what I hear with it. I'm glad to hear you are doing well with your CI, that's terrific. If you have questions just ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Take care, Pam MED-EL 6/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Ed, I have a med EL with tempo. I didn't know about new med EL pulsar. Is it different than Tempo? Elyssa Ed Pottharst <ed.pottharst@...> wrote: Hi Pam, Elyssa, I also have a Med El (Tempo), and I'm thinking about getting an implant for my other ear. Maybe a Med El Pulsar, which is pretty new. I know that Med El has had some reliability issues, so I'm trying to get more information about those. I might get another brand. Anybody out there with bilateral Med El implants or mixed Med El-and-something-else implants with thoughts to share? Thanks, Ed Med El 5/04 Ed Pottharst Neighborhood District Coordinator North District City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Lake City Neighborhood Service Center 12525 28th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98125 ed.pottharst@... direct dial: 711 (relay service), then ask for 206-386-4232 phone message: 206-684-7526 fax: 206-684-0896 >>> pamc86@... 04/06/06 5:34 PM >>> Hi Elyssa - Welcome to CI Hear! I'm glad to meet another MED-EL CI'er I've had my implant for 3 1/2 years now and am still amazed by what I hear with it. I'm glad to hear you are doing well with your CI, that's terrific. If you have questions just ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Take care, Pam MED-EL 6/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Hi Elyssa- I've had my implant since June of 2002 and was activated in July so I've had my processor for 3 1/2 years now. I am able to understand works without reading lips now and talk to my family on the phone. It's been an amazing journey and one I'm so glad I took. It's neat for me to be able to hear my six kids' voices and I can usually tell them apart unless they are all talking at once. I'm glad to hear your like your CI, keep working at it, listen to some books on tape for practice and follow along with the printed version - make sure the tapes are unabridged. This is great practice for learning how words sound. I did this a lot when I first got my CI and I think it helped me. For the 123 programs, depending on how your audiologist programs you, they will usually place three different programs, one in each number, with different volume levels for each program on the XYZ switch. So this way you can try out different programs to see how things sound in each one. As you get used to your CI you'll probably get comfortable with one program but that's a good thing, it means you're adapting to your new hearing. Does that make sense? Let me know if you have any other questions, I'd be glad to help! Take care, Pam MED-EL 6/02 > > > That's good, I need to meet the medel cochlear implanter. You like it? How was it so far? Did you get the word without looking read lip? How long you used processor? I jus curious. I love my medel ci. It is much better than my old ci. Can you explain to me about 123 different program? Thanks. I hope talk to you later. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Hi Elyssa & Ed- The Pulsar the implanted CI device that is the next generation of MED- EL's CI. You, Ed and I now have the Combi 40+ implant which is the previous generation MED-EL. The Tempo is the external part of the CI that you wear on your ear and this is also being used with the Pulsar until the new external processor is available. Does that answer your question? Pam MED-EL 6-02 > > Ed, > > I have a med EL with tempo. I didn't know about new med EL pulsar. Is it different than Tempo? > > Elyssa > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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