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Hi and Tammy,

Our daughter was one of those who DID progress with hearing aids, and did

amazgingly well, better than her audiograms indicated she should. But when

we got her implant we realized how MUCH she really had been missing.

I think one of the reasons the any of us don't like to make decisions is

because it's hard to decide something this huge. For us, the implant

improved her aided hearing dramatically. She had simply been using every

decibel and doing well with it. At first they said, if there is any benefit

don't do the implant. We found out that, in her case, she needed the implant

years earlier.

Just our expereince,

K

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Thanks to you and for the other members who have shared their

thoughts and experiences on this topic.

I, for one, am still struggling with the decision of whether to go

through with a CI (if the docs say we can when we see them in June).

Our son, TC, is 6 and is doing great in school with two digital HA's

and a Microlink. But like several others in the group, his hearing

has been dropping dramatically, and he's now in the severe/profound

range (as much as 85 dBs in some areas).

We can see him struggle to understand and hear. He does well, too,

but he's exhausted when he gets home from kindergarten every

afternoon. More so than he used to before the most recent drops.

Can some of you tell me a bit about how your first meeting went when

you visited the cochlear team? They sent us some information, but

nothing that gives us an idea of what to expect that first day.

We're going to the University of Michigan.

Thanks again,

Gisgie

> Hi and Tammy,

> Our daughter was one of those who DID progress with hearing aids,

and did

> amazgingly well, better than her audiograms indicated she should.

But when

> we got her implant we realized how MUCH she really had been

missing.

>

> I think one of the reasons the any of us don't like to make

decisions is

> because it's hard to decide something this huge. For us, the

implant

> improved her aided hearing dramatically. She had simply been using

every

> decibel and doing well with it. At first they said, if there is

any benefit

> don't do the implant. We found out that, in her case, she needed

the implant

> years earlier.

> Just our expereince,

> K

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