Re: Digest Number 2351 CELL TOWERS

[Guest guest]

> My daughter has a CI. A cell phone tower relay station is going up

> 500 feet from my parents property line. I have been trying to get

> some definative information about cell towers and Cochlear Implants

> but AG Bell has been no help, Advanced Bionics has not replied to

> several emails and our implant center has not been able to help.

Has

> anyone out there delt with this?

>

> >>>>>>>>

There was something awhile back about this. It has something to do

with the frequency of the tower and the frequency of the CI

programming. Each cell company uses a different frequency as well.

We have tons and tons of cell towers around us. Jake never complains

about them but I know on my old cell phone I could hear what he heard

through my phone if he was close. Like the cell was picking up his

frequency but he said it did not interfere with his CI hearing.

The one thing we have noticed is that if he stand near our portable

TV that we take camping, or the one that is not on direct TV the

reception is horrible. It does not affect the ones with direct TV on

them or his video games running on the. It is really weird. We have

to make him sit a little further away. Some radio stations get

static on the portable radio when he is close as well. Again, he

said it does not affect his hearing, just the radio, etc.

Elaine