Re: brain adjusting to CI, sounds in HA changes too?

[Guest guest]

Hi Jerome,

I stopped wearing the hearing aid in my unimplanted ear as soon as I got the

CI activated on instructions from my audie and surgeon. I was told that I

could start wearing it again in 3 months. When I tried to add it back, the

hearing aid did not help. Instead it interfered with the good clear hearing

I was getting from the CI. It was just amplifying the muffled sounds and was

too loud. I tried the hearing aid off and on for a couple of weeks and

decided that I would just continue wearing the CI alone. I didn't need

anything to make my hearing worse. Everyone is different and some say that

the hearing aid helps. I think it depends on your own hearing loss in the

unimplanted ear.

Lynn

Fairhope, AL

Nucleus Freedom

Surgery date: 9/6/06

Activation date: 9/27/06

brain adjusting to CI, sounds in HA changes too?

Hi there,

Does anyone experience this, that one the brain is adjusting for CI, the

hearing in hearing aid also change, now that my brain is adjusting to the

high pitch sounds of CI, I'm starting to notice that hearing in my hearing

aid become too low pitch. Is this normal?

Jerome

[Guest guest]

Hey Jerome,

The question that you had, I feel the same way. I've noticed that my hearing aid

has became low pitched when I'm wearing the CI in my right ear. I have been

wearing my hearing aid and processor at the same time so I can attain the

balance. It must be because the hearing aid doesn't have a higher frequency, but

I'm often pulling myself to hear people on the side of my hearing aid. Hearing

in the dark is the worst.

Nikki

Tiverton, RI

Lynn <HibiscusBelle@...> wrote: Hi

Jerome,

I stopped wearing the hearing aid in my unimplanted ear as soon as I got the

CI activated on instructions from my audie and surgeon. I was told that I

could start wearing it again in 3 months. When I tried to add it back, the

hearing aid did not help. Instead it interfered with the good clear hearing

I was getting from the CI. It was just amplifying the muffled sounds and was

too loud. I tried the hearing aid off and on for a couple of weeks and

decided that I would just continue wearing the CI alone. I didn't need

anything to make my hearing worse. Everyone is different and some say that

the hearing aid helps. I think it depends on your own hearing loss in the

unimplanted ear.

Lynn

Fairhope, AL

Nucleus Freedom

Surgery date: 9/6/06

Activation date: 9/27/06

brain adjusting to CI, sounds in HA changes too?

Hi there,

Does anyone experience this, that one the brain is adjusting for CI, the

hearing in hearing aid also change, now that my brain is adjusting to the

high pitch sounds of CI, I'm starting to notice that hearing in my hearing

aid become too low pitch. Is this normal?

Jerome

[Guest guest]

Hello Nikki and Jerome too.

I have worn a hearing aid in my other ear, ever since activation. I

had the hearing aid adjusted after about 12 months. My audi wanted my

brain to get used to the CI first, before we adjusted the hearing aid

to fit in better with the CI. The implanted ear, became dominant

straight away, for me.

Ted F.

Hi

Jerome,

> I stopped wearing the hearing aid in my unimplanted ear as soon as

I got the

> CI activated on instructions from my audie and surgeon. I was told

that I

> could start wearing it again in 3 months. When I tried to add it

back, the

> hearing aid did not help. Instead it interfered with the good

clear hearing

> I was getting from the CI. It was just amplifying the muffled

sounds and was

> too loud. I tried the hearing aid off and on for a couple of weeks

and

> decided that I would just continue wearing the CI alone. I didn't

need

> anything to make my hearing worse. Everyone is different and some

say that

> the hearing aid helps. I think it depends on your own hearing loss

in the

> unimplanted ear.

>

> Lynn

> Fairhope, AL

>

> Nucleus Freedom

> Surgery date: 9/6/06

> Activation date: 9/27/06

>

>

> brain adjusting to CI, sounds in HA changes too?

>

> Hi there,

>

> Does anyone experience this, that one the brain is adjusting for

CI, the

> hearing in hearing aid also change, now that my brain is adjusting

to the

> high pitch sounds of CI, I'm starting to notice that hearing in my

hearing

> aid become too low pitch. Is this normal?

>

> Jerome

>

>

[Guest guest]

I kept wearing the hearing aid in my left ear after the surgery and at

the activation. My two different ears are working very well together. I

did adjust the hearing aid to work with the CI on the other ears.

[Guest guest]

I cannot hear anything between 20 and 600 hz of sounds with CI on my

right ear. Therefore, my implant electrode array does not reach to

lower frequency region of a cochlea. And it is good idea to wear

tactile aid or ultra low frequency hearing aid (to be sure that it

doesnt interfere with CI mid frequency). It is very hard to measure

the right kind of HA to wear without bi-modal interference. Also, it

cause facial sensation if amplify too loud.

Rick F.

In , " johngo57 " <johngo57@...> wrote:

>

> I kept wearing the hearing aid in my left ear after the surgery and

at

> the activation. My two different ears are working very well

together. I

> did adjust the hearing aid to work with the CI on the other ears.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I wonder why you need below 500 hertz, they might not be useful for speech.

On 8/3/07, <rfreeman@...> wrote:

>

> I cannot hear anything between 20 and 600 hz of sounds with CI on my

> right ear. Therefore, my implant electrode array does not reach to

> lower frequency region of a cochlea. And it is good idea to wear

> tactile aid or ultra low frequency hearing aid (to be sure that it

> doesnt interfere with CI mid frequency). It is very hard to measure

> the right kind of HA to wear without bi-modal interference. Also, it

> cause facial sensation if amplify too loud.

>

> Rick F.

>

>

> In <%40>, " johngo57 "

> <johngo57@...> wrote:

> >

> > I kept wearing the hearing aid in my left ear after the surgery and

> at

> > the activation. My two different ears are working very well

> together. I

> > did adjust the hearing aid to work with the CI on the other ears.

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In fact, below 500 hz is great for hearing speech such as M, N, OO,

ING, SH and F with formants, EE, also able to differentiate between

muscial instruments. Between 20 and 200 Hz is a male voice, female

around 200 to 350 hz and kids about over 300 hz.

Especially for deaf adults with late CI that have lesser nerve

survival suffer the most. Plus damaging more nerves during CI

surgery. There are little but to me its a lot losses after CI

surgery as they drilled hole and remove cochlear fluids which is

important for vibrations stims.

Rick F

In , " Jerome Tan " <tan.jerome@...> wrote:

>

> I wonder why you need below 500 hertz, they might not be useful for

speech.

>

> On 8/3/07, <rfreeman@...> wrote:

> >

> > I cannot hear anything between 20 and 600 hz of sounds with CI

on my

> > right ear. Therefore, my implant electrode array does not reach to

> > lower frequency region of a cochlea. And it is good idea to wear

> > tactile aid or ultra low frequency hearing aid (to be sure that it

> > doesnt interfere with CI mid frequency). It is very hard to

measure

> > the right kind of HA to wear without bi-modal interference. Also,

it

> > cause facial sensation if amplify too loud.

> >

> > Rick F.

> >

> >

> > In <%40>, " johngo57 "

> > <johngo57@> wrote:

> > >

> > > I kept wearing the hearing aid in my left ear after the surgery

and

> > at

> > > the activation. My two different ears are working very well

> > together. I

> > > did adjust the hearing aid to work with the CI on the other

ears.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

Yes it was very important for me to hear all those low notes are just

phenomenal. I was born with a hearing impairment and to hear all the

low notes at far greater levels and clarity was one of the greatest

surprise I face with CI implant that almost could not have happen. It

was very stunning to hear all the males voices so much deeper than

before.

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> > > I kept wearing the hearing aid in my left ear after the surgery

and

> > at

> > > the activation. My two different ears are working very well

> > together. I

> > > did adjust the hearing aid to work with the CI on the other

ears.

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