Re: Widex Digital hearing aids

[Guest guest]

Hi Deborah - Martha deHahn's son I'm nearly sure has a CI in one ear and wears a

Widex hearing aid (an older Widex) in his other and I think it's worked well for

him.

My kids wear two hearing aids so far!

Barbara

--- You wrote:

Hello everyone! I was informed today that Rob`s audiologist wants

him to get the Widex digital hearing aid. I am trying to remember

what the actual name of it was. I am thinking that it was power-aid,

but I could be wrong. It has been an eventful day by meeting the kids

teachers and trying to explain to Robs teacher how to work with him.

She has not had a hearing impaired child before!!! So, my mind is

pretty numb at this time!!! LOL.. I will have more info on the aid

soon, but I was wondering if anyone has a child with a Widex digital

and what the experience has been for them. Rob does have the CI in

his -L- ear and will wear the aid in his right. They think that they

can get the insurance to cover this for him, so I am also wondering

if anyone who has this had insurance cover it for their child(ren)?

Our actual appointment is not until Aug. 20th so I am looking for all

of the info that I can get before then. Thanks and have a great day!!

--- end of quote ---

[Guest guest]

Hi Deborah - -

My 5 year old daughter wears a CI in her left ear and a Widex Senso in her right

ear. It is a

great hearing aid and she loves it and always wants to wear the CI AND HA

together. Her

Senso is about 4 years old and Widex came out with the new Diva (which was on

the show

Extreme Makeover) and that is the latest and greatest. I'm not sure the details

of the

improvements but I am sure they are on the Widex web site. Our insurance did

not cover the

hearing aid.

Good luck,

Karolyn Welch

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To: Listen-Up

Subject: Widex Digital hearing aids

> Hello everyone! I was informed today that Rob`s audiologist wants

> him to get the Widex digital hearing aid. I am trying to remember

> what the actual name of it was. I am thinking that it was power-aid,

> but I could be wrong. It has been an eventful day by meeting the kids

> teachers and trying to explain to Robs teacher how to work with him.

> She has not had a hearing impaired child before!!! So, my mind is

> pretty numb at this time!!! LOL.. I will have more info on the aid

> soon, but I was wondering if anyone has a child with a Widex digital

> and what the experience has been for them. Rob does have the CI in

> his -L- ear and will wear the aid in his right. They think that they

> can get the insurance to cover this for him, so I am also wondering

> if anyone who has this had insurance cover it for their child(ren)?

> Our actual appointment is not until Aug. 20th so I am looking for all

> of the info that I can get before then. Thanks and have a great day!!

> Deborah

> Mom of

> Rob 10 Severe/Profound deafness- CI user

> Marissa 5- hearing

> Reagan 4- hearing

>

>

>

> All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is

the

> intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

> restrictions.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Deborah - -

My 5 year old daughter wears a CI in her left ear and a Widex Senso in her right

ear. It is a

great hearing aid and she loves it and always wants to wear the CI AND HA

together. Her

Senso is about 4 years old and Widex came out with the new Diva (which was on

the show

Extreme Makeover) and that is the latest and greatest. I'm not sure the details

of the

improvements but I am sure they are on the Widex web site. Our insurance did

not cover the

hearing aid.

Good luck,

Karolyn Welch

============

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Widex Digital hearing aids

> Hello everyone! I was informed today that Rob`s audiologist wants

> him to get the Widex digital hearing aid. I am trying to remember

> what the actual name of it was. I am thinking that it was power-aid,

> but I could be wrong. It has been an eventful day by meeting the kids

> teachers and trying to explain to Robs teacher how to work with him.

> She has not had a hearing impaired child before!!! So, my mind is

> pretty numb at this time!!! LOL.. I will have more info on the aid

> soon, but I was wondering if anyone has a child with a Widex digital

> and what the experience has been for them. Rob does have the CI in

> his -L- ear and will wear the aid in his right. They think that they

> can get the insurance to cover this for him, so I am also wondering

> if anyone who has this had insurance cover it for their child(ren)?

> Our actual appointment is not until Aug. 20th so I am looking for all

> of the info that I can get before then. Thanks and have a great day!!

> Deborah

> Mom of

> Rob 10 Severe/Profound deafness- CI user

> Marissa 5- hearing

> Reagan 4- hearing

>

>

>

> All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is

the

> intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

> restrictions.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Deborah - -

My 5 year old daughter wears a CI in her left ear and a Widex Senso in her right

ear. It is a

great hearing aid and she loves it and always wants to wear the CI AND HA

together. Her

Senso is about 4 years old and Widex came out with the new Diva (which was on

the show

Extreme Makeover) and that is the latest and greatest. I'm not sure the details

of the

improvements but I am sure they are on the Widex web site. Our insurance did

not cover the

hearing aid.

Good luck,

Karolyn Welch

============

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Widex Digital hearing aids

> Hello everyone! I was informed today that Rob`s audiologist wants

> him to get the Widex digital hearing aid. I am trying to remember

> what the actual name of it was. I am thinking that it was power-aid,

> but I could be wrong. It has been an eventful day by meeting the kids

> teachers and trying to explain to Robs teacher how to work with him.

> She has not had a hearing impaired child before!!! So, my mind is

> pretty numb at this time!!! LOL.. I will have more info on the aid

> soon, but I was wondering if anyone has a child with a Widex digital

> and what the experience has been for them. Rob does have the CI in

> his -L- ear and will wear the aid in his right. They think that they

> can get the insurance to cover this for him, so I am also wondering

> if anyone who has this had insurance cover it for their child(ren)?

> Our actual appointment is not until Aug. 20th so I am looking for all

> of the info that I can get before then. Thanks and have a great day!!

> Deborah

> Mom of

> Rob 10 Severe/Profound deafness- CI user

> Marissa 5- hearing

> Reagan 4- hearing

>

>

>

> All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is

the

> intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

> restrictions.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Deborah,

My son, , wears a Nucleus 3G BTE implant processor in his

right ear and a Widex Senso P38 digital aid in his left. He had two

of these aids since age 2 (prior to the implant). I think the P38

is still the most powerful digital Widex made. ( was

diagnosed at 14 months and fitted in both ears at first with the

Widex Senso C90s. His audiologist knew the P38 was coming out, and

that it would be more powerful. She didn't want us to spend money

on less powerful aids so, she actually loaned him the C90s for about

9 months until the P38 became available!! I was soooo scared one of

the loaners would get lost, but she was unconcerned.)

got an implant in his right ear when he was 4. Now, 3.5

years later, he is still using the Widex P38 in his left ear, but

his interest in the aid is waning. He wears it to school, but takes

it off when he comes home. He also says he does not care to wear

the aid on weekends and holidays. Every school day, I have to

remind him to put the aid on. I also notice he turns it off and

leaves it turned off but on his head sometimes. Even so, he does

say the hearing aid helps him hear " a little " and says he takes the

aid off because he doesn't like the feel of the ear mold. By

contrast, he wears his implant processor ALL waking hours and

doesn't like to be without it. In addition to giving him much

better sound, I think the CI is more comfortable -- he uses a mic

lock (rubber tubing/ " huggie " ) around the ear to hold it on, but no

ear mold.

's hearing in noise has been tested with and without the

hearing aid. He actually scored better with the implant alone

(without the HA) on the Common Phrases Test in Noise back in

December. With noise on the implant (right) side and speech on the

left, he got 78% correct with the implant alone and 63% correct with

the implant plus hearing aid. I think this is within the margin of

test error, but it tells me the HA is not doing a whole lot for him

in helping him to understand in noise and might actually interfere.

When the noise was on the left (HA side) and speech on the implant

(good) side, he got 100% using both the HA and CI.

While the hearing aid might not help him understand in noise, it

might help him to localize sound. He is going to have localization

testing next week as part of a research study in Dr. Ruth Litovsky's

Binaural Hearing and Speech research lab at the University of

Wisconsin. She will also do more extensive hearing-in-noise testing

with and without his hearing aid. This will help us to decide

whether would benefit from a second implant in his left ear,

and, more immediately, whether he should be using the hearing aid at

all.

Here, FYI, are 's aided thresholds with the HA and CI from

last Friday. I thought these might also be useful to those

considering an implant.

CI RT ear HA left ear no HA left ear

250 Hz 20 dB 25 dB 85 dB

500 Hz 15 dB 30 dB 90 dB

1000 Hz 20 dB 40 dB 105 dB

2000 Hz 20 dB 60 dB 110 dB

4000 Hz 25 dB 70 dB 110 dB

6000 Hz 15 dB NA NA

(Before the implant, 's hearing loss was the same in both

ears.)

I'll post to the list after our Wisconsin trip!

Lydia

, 7 1/2, implant at age 4

Colin 10 1/2 hearing

> Hello everyone! I was informed today that Rob`s audiologist wants

> him to get the Widex digital hearing aid. I am trying to remember

> what the actual name of it was. I am thinking that it was power-

aid,

> but I could be wrong. It has been an eventful day by meeting the

kids

> teachers and trying to explain to Robs teacher how to work with

him.

> She has not had a hearing impaired child before!!! So, my mind is

> pretty numb at this time!!! LOL.. I will have more info on the aid

> soon, but I was wondering if anyone has a child with a Widex

digital

> and what the experience has been for them. Rob does have the CI in

> his -L- ear and will wear the aid in his right. They think that

they

> can get the insurance to cover this for him, so I am also

wondering

> if anyone who has this had insurance cover it for their child

(ren)?

> Our actual appointment is not until Aug. 20th so I am looking for

all

> of the info that I can get before then. Thanks and have a great

day!!

> --- end of quote ---

[Guest guest]

Deborah,

My son, , wears a Nucleus 3G BTE implant processor in his

right ear and a Widex Senso P38 digital aid in his left. He had two

of these aids since age 2 (prior to the implant). I think the P38

is still the most powerful digital Widex made. ( was

diagnosed at 14 months and fitted in both ears at first with the

Widex Senso C90s. His audiologist knew the P38 was coming out, and

that it would be more powerful. She didn't want us to spend money

on less powerful aids so, she actually loaned him the C90s for about

9 months until the P38 became available!! I was soooo scared one of

the loaners would get lost, but she was unconcerned.)

got an implant in his right ear when he was 4. Now, 3.5

years later, he is still using the Widex P38 in his left ear, but

his interest in the aid is waning. He wears it to school, but takes

it off when he comes home. He also says he does not care to wear

the aid on weekends and holidays. Every school day, I have to

remind him to put the aid on. I also notice he turns it off and

leaves it turned off but on his head sometimes. Even so, he does

say the hearing aid helps him hear " a little " and says he takes the

aid off because he doesn't like the feel of the ear mold. By

contrast, he wears his implant processor ALL waking hours and

doesn't like to be without it. In addition to giving him much

better sound, I think the CI is more comfortable -- he uses a mic

lock (rubber tubing/ " huggie " ) around the ear to hold it on, but no

ear mold.

's hearing in noise has been tested with and without the

hearing aid. He actually scored better with the implant alone

(without the HA) on the Common Phrases Test in Noise back in

December. With noise on the implant (right) side and speech on the

left, he got 78% correct with the implant alone and 63% correct with

the implant plus hearing aid. I think this is within the margin of

test error, but it tells me the HA is not doing a whole lot for him

in helping him to understand in noise and might actually interfere.

When the noise was on the left (HA side) and speech on the implant

(good) side, he got 100% using both the HA and CI.

While the hearing aid might not help him understand in noise, it

might help him to localize sound. He is going to have localization

testing next week as part of a research study in Dr. Ruth Litovsky's

Binaural Hearing and Speech research lab at the University of

Wisconsin. She will also do more extensive hearing-in-noise testing

with and without his hearing aid. This will help us to decide

whether would benefit from a second implant in his left ear,

and, more immediately, whether he should be using the hearing aid at

all.

Here, FYI, are 's aided thresholds with the HA and CI from

last Friday. I thought these might also be useful to those

considering an implant.

CI RT ear HA left ear no HA left ear

250 Hz 20 dB 25 dB 85 dB

500 Hz 15 dB 30 dB 90 dB

1000 Hz 20 dB 40 dB 105 dB

2000 Hz 20 dB 60 dB 110 dB

4000 Hz 25 dB 70 dB 110 dB

6000 Hz 15 dB NA NA

(Before the implant, 's hearing loss was the same in both

ears.)

I'll post to the list after our Wisconsin trip!

Lydia

, 7 1/2, implant at age 4

Colin 10 1/2 hearing

> Hello everyone! I was informed today that Rob`s audiologist wants

> him to get the Widex digital hearing aid. I am trying to remember

> what the actual name of it was. I am thinking that it was power-

aid,

> but I could be wrong. It has been an eventful day by meeting the

kids

> teachers and trying to explain to Robs teacher how to work with

him.

> She has not had a hearing impaired child before!!! So, my mind is

> pretty numb at this time!!! LOL.. I will have more info on the aid

> soon, but I was wondering if anyone has a child with a Widex

digital

> and what the experience has been for them. Rob does have the CI in

> his -L- ear and will wear the aid in his right. They think that

they

> can get the insurance to cover this for him, so I am also

wondering

> if anyone who has this had insurance cover it for their child

(ren)?

> Our actual appointment is not until Aug. 20th so I am looking for

all

> of the info that I can get before then. Thanks and have a great

day!!

> --- end of quote ---

[Guest guest]

Deborah,

My son, , wears a Nucleus 3G BTE implant processor in his

right ear and a Widex Senso P38 digital aid in his left. He had two

of these aids since age 2 (prior to the implant). I think the P38

is still the most powerful digital Widex made. ( was

diagnosed at 14 months and fitted in both ears at first with the

Widex Senso C90s. His audiologist knew the P38 was coming out, and

that it would be more powerful. She didn't want us to spend money

on less powerful aids so, she actually loaned him the C90s for about

9 months until the P38 became available!! I was soooo scared one of

the loaners would get lost, but she was unconcerned.)

got an implant in his right ear when he was 4. Now, 3.5

years later, he is still using the Widex P38 in his left ear, but

his interest in the aid is waning. He wears it to school, but takes

it off when he comes home. He also says he does not care to wear

the aid on weekends and holidays. Every school day, I have to

remind him to put the aid on. I also notice he turns it off and

leaves it turned off but on his head sometimes. Even so, he does

say the hearing aid helps him hear " a little " and says he takes the

aid off because he doesn't like the feel of the ear mold. By

contrast, he wears his implant processor ALL waking hours and

doesn't like to be without it. In addition to giving him much

better sound, I think the CI is more comfortable -- he uses a mic

lock (rubber tubing/ " huggie " ) around the ear to hold it on, but no

ear mold.

's hearing in noise has been tested with and without the

hearing aid. He actually scored better with the implant alone

(without the HA) on the Common Phrases Test in Noise back in

December. With noise on the implant (right) side and speech on the

left, he got 78% correct with the implant alone and 63% correct with

the implant plus hearing aid. I think this is within the margin of

test error, but it tells me the HA is not doing a whole lot for him

in helping him to understand in noise and might actually interfere.

When the noise was on the left (HA side) and speech on the implant

(good) side, he got 100% using both the HA and CI.

While the hearing aid might not help him understand in noise, it

might help him to localize sound. He is going to have localization

testing next week as part of a research study in Dr. Ruth Litovsky's

Binaural Hearing and Speech research lab at the University of

Wisconsin. She will also do more extensive hearing-in-noise testing

with and without his hearing aid. This will help us to decide

whether would benefit from a second implant in his left ear,

and, more immediately, whether he should be using the hearing aid at

all.

Here, FYI, are 's aided thresholds with the HA and CI from

last Friday. I thought these might also be useful to those

considering an implant.

CI RT ear HA left ear no HA left ear

250 Hz 20 dB 25 dB 85 dB

500 Hz 15 dB 30 dB 90 dB

1000 Hz 20 dB 40 dB 105 dB

2000 Hz 20 dB 60 dB 110 dB

4000 Hz 25 dB 70 dB 110 dB

6000 Hz 15 dB NA NA

(Before the implant, 's hearing loss was the same in both

ears.)

I'll post to the list after our Wisconsin trip!

Lydia

, 7 1/2, implant at age 4

Colin 10 1/2 hearing

> Hello everyone! I was informed today that Rob`s audiologist wants

> him to get the Widex digital hearing aid. I am trying to remember

> what the actual name of it was. I am thinking that it was power-

aid,

> but I could be wrong. It has been an eventful day by meeting the

kids

> teachers and trying to explain to Robs teacher how to work with

him.

> She has not had a hearing impaired child before!!! So, my mind is

> pretty numb at this time!!! LOL.. I will have more info on the aid

> soon, but I was wondering if anyone has a child with a Widex

digital

> and what the experience has been for them. Rob does have the CI in

> his -L- ear and will wear the aid in his right. They think that

they

> can get the insurance to cover this for him, so I am also

wondering

> if anyone who has this had insurance cover it for their child

(ren)?

> Our actual appointment is not until Aug. 20th so I am looking for

all

> of the info that I can get before then. Thanks and have a great

day!!

> --- end of quote ---

[Guest guest]

> Deborah,

> My son, , wears a Nucleus 3G BTE implant processor in his

> right ear and a Widex Senso P38 digital aid in his left. He had

two

> of these aids since age 2 (prior to the implant). I think the P38

> is still the most powerful digital Widex made.

Karolyn Welch might be right -- the Diva might be more powerful than

the P38. We must've been writing our responses at the same time,

but mine came out later. I didn't mean it to sound like a

correction! I really don't know! The Diva certainly sounds more

sophisticated according to the Widex web site.

Lydia

[Guest guest]

> Deborah,

> My son, , wears a Nucleus 3G BTE implant processor in his

> right ear and a Widex Senso P38 digital aid in his left. He had

two

> of these aids since age 2 (prior to the implant). I think the P38

> is still the most powerful digital Widex made.

Karolyn Welch might be right -- the Diva might be more powerful than

the P38. We must've been writing our responses at the same time,

but mine came out later. I didn't mean it to sound like a

correction! I really don't know! The Diva certainly sounds more

sophisticated according to the Widex web site.

Lydia

[Guest guest]

> Deborah,

> My son, , wears a Nucleus 3G BTE implant processor in his

> right ear and a Widex Senso P38 digital aid in his left. He had

two

> of these aids since age 2 (prior to the implant). I think the P38

> is still the most powerful digital Widex made.

Karolyn Welch might be right -- the Diva might be more powerful than

the P38. We must've been writing our responses at the same time,

but mine came out later. I didn't mean it to sound like a

correction! I really don't know! The Diva certainly sounds more

sophisticated according to the Widex web site.

Lydia

[Guest guest]

When we got JD's last hearing aid about 2 years ago (to go in his

unimplanted ear), he couldn't even get sound awareness with the Widex

Digital. We ended up getting him the Widex Programmable (which they no

longer make). He loves his as well. Most of the time he wears both,

occasionally just his implant (if he's too tired or lazy to put them both

in), and goes without either even less than that - usually if he's watching

TV in his room and wants a bit of quiet time. If I try to talk to him and he

has problems understanding what I'm saying, he'll jump up and put one or

both on.

-Kay

[Guest guest]

When we got JD's last hearing aid about 2 years ago (to go in his

unimplanted ear), he couldn't even get sound awareness with the Widex

Digital. We ended up getting him the Widex Programmable (which they no

longer make). He loves his as well. Most of the time he wears both,

occasionally just his implant (if he's too tired or lazy to put them both

in), and goes without either even less than that - usually if he's watching

TV in his room and wants a bit of quiet time. If I try to talk to him and he

has problems understanding what I'm saying, he'll jump up and put one or

both on.

-Kay

[Guest guest]

When we got JD's last hearing aid about 2 years ago (to go in his

unimplanted ear), he couldn't even get sound awareness with the Widex

Digital. We ended up getting him the Widex Programmable (which they no

longer make). He loves his as well. Most of the time he wears both,

occasionally just his implant (if he's too tired or lazy to put them both

in), and goes without either even less than that - usually if he's watching

TV in his room and wants a bit of quiet time. If I try to talk to him and he

has problems understanding what I'm saying, he'll jump up and put one or

both on.

-Kay

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son, age 7, got his first hearing aid two weeks ago for

unilateral moderate-moderately severe loss. It is the senso diva by

Widex. After all my worries that he wouldn't wear it, would flush

it, etc.... he left the audiologist's office wearing it and I have

to convince him to take it out to go to bed! He LOVES it!

His hearing with the aid was checked yesterday. He went from a

speech reception threshold of 55 decibls to and SRT of 20 with

masking noise in his other ear! I was thrilled and so was his

audiologist!!!!!!

Right now he is using a loaner. I've been told it is unlikely

insurance will pay anything.

Hope that helps a bit.

Gay

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son, age 7, got his first hearing aid two weeks ago for

unilateral moderate-moderately severe loss. It is the senso diva by

Widex. After all my worries that he wouldn't wear it, would flush

it, etc.... he left the audiologist's office wearing it and I have

to convince him to take it out to go to bed! He LOVES it!

His hearing with the aid was checked yesterday. He went from a

speech reception threshold of 55 decibls to and SRT of 20 with

masking noise in his other ear! I was thrilled and so was his

audiologist!!!!!!

Right now he is using a loaner. I've been told it is unlikely

insurance will pay anything.

Hope that helps a bit.

Gay

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son, age 7, got his first hearing aid two weeks ago for

unilateral moderate-moderately severe loss. It is the senso diva by

Widex. After all my worries that he wouldn't wear it, would flush

it, etc.... he left the audiologist's office wearing it and I have

to convince him to take it out to go to bed! He LOVES it!

His hearing with the aid was checked yesterday. He went from a

speech reception threshold of 55 decibls to and SRT of 20 with

masking noise in his other ear! I was thrilled and so was his

audiologist!!!!!!

Right now he is using a loaner. I've been told it is unlikely

insurance will pay anything.

Hope that helps a bit.

Gay