Re: Second implant for Chinmay - few questions

[Guest guest]

Raj,

When I went for my 2nd implant (both Cochlear) I met a man in the doc's office

who had a MedEl in one ear and was getting a Cochlear Freedom in the other. I

kept in touch with him for a while afterwards and he had no complaint about

hearing with 2 different implants.

Happy Hearing!

Carol

Boca Raton, FL

N24C 3G left ear -12/11/01-upgraded to Freedom on 2/19/08

N Freedom- right ear- implanted 3/01/06 activated 4/6/06

Second implant for Chinmay - few questions

Hi,

I am from India. My son Chinmay was diagnosed with hearing loss at 2

years of age. Initially the doctors had thought he had cerebral palsy

but later it was confirmed as just the hearing loss. We used many

hearing aids but to little effect and ultimately decided to go in for CI.

Chinmay was 8 years old at the time of implant in 1996. Now he is 20.

He was implanted with Med El's " Comfort Cochlear Implant " (two channel

implant). Chinmay has progressed well with the implant, he is studying

fine arts now. But his speech is not clear to others.

The speech processor had frequent problems and now it has stopped

working. They have offered to sell us another new processor.

Meanwhile, we are worried whether the implanted part is in good

condition to be used with the new processor. How can we ascertain

this? How long can the implanted part stay in good working condition?

We are also thinking about going for a new generation implant

preferably with 22/24 electrodes. The question is, should that be in

the same ear or the other ear? Having two different implants in two

ears, is it feasible? Will that cause some problem if he hears

different kinds of sound in his two ears?

We also think that maybe in future some new technology will arrive and

we should keep one cochlea intact for it.

Thanks & regards

Rajendra Pradhan

[Guest guest]

I just asked about replacing my 1997 Clarion 1.2 implant with a new implant,

I was told:

" Also there are some risks involved in revision surgery so that we don't

have devices

replaced as long as they are working properly. " I know nothing of your

son's current

implant. We are told they are designed to last a life-time, but there are

failures here

in the USA.

I wonder how many times one ear can be implanted over a lifetime?

Did Med-el ever have an upgraded processor available to your son? I went

from a

body worn processor to a BTE processor 5 years ago, that worked better after

being mapped properly.

It is being recommended to me that I receive a different brand as a second

implant

in attempts to preserve my residual hearing in the umimplanted ear, so I

wonder

if having two different brands will become more common. A lot of us have

residual in the second ear.

June

Clarion 1.2

AVR hearing aid

Second implant for Chinmay - few questions

> Hi,

>

> I am from India. My son Chinmay was diagnosed with hearing loss at 2

> years of age. Initially the doctors had thought he had cerebral palsy

> but later it was confirmed as just the hearing loss. We used many

> hearing aids but to little effect and ultimately decided to go in for CI.

>

> Chinmay was 8 years old at the time of implant in 1996. Now he is 20.

> He was implanted with Med El's " Comfort Cochlear Implant " (two channel

> implant). Chinmay has progressed well with the implant, he is studying

> fine arts now. But his speech is not clear to others.

>

> The speech processor had frequent problems and now it has stopped

> working. They have offered to sell us another new processor.

> Meanwhile, we are worried whether the implanted part is in good

> condition to be used with the new processor. How can we ascertain

> this? How long can the implanted part stay in good working condition?

>

> We are also thinking about going for a new generation implant

> preferably with 22/24 electrodes. The question is, should that be in

> the same ear or the other ear? Having two different implants in two

> ears, is it feasible? Will that cause some problem if he hears

> different kinds of sound in his two ears?

>

> We also think that maybe in future some new technology will arrive and

> we should keep one cochlea intact for it.

>

> Thanks & regards

>

> Rajendra Pradhan

>

>

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