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1 Month Audiogram and 6 week update
I’m a little bit hesitant to post this news because my test results definitely don’t seem to match with what I’m experiencing in the “real world” and people already have expectations that are too high. My co-worker told me that my boss thinks I’ll be able to hear him yell across a field to me. [...]
The Med-El Opus2
I finally got around to taking some photos of my cochlear implant and accessories. It came with a lovely briefcase in the color I had chosen (reddish). The Opus2 consists of, from top to bottom, the ear hook, the processor which attaches to the wire going to the magnet coil head piece, and to the [...]
Audiometric Tests (2 weeks with cochlear implant)
I was really looking forward to a new Map since most people seem to get a bunch of them right away after their activation and here it had been 16 days before I got my first new one. Even so, and even after 15 years of hearing tests, I was nervous about the testing they [...]
Week Three and New Map #1
Having Monday off work threw my timing off on this post a bit. Or maybe just procrastination. First – I have a new audiogram and CUNY, HNT and CNC scores for my right (CI) ear, but I’ll put that in another post so it will be easy to find later. Big events of my third week with the CI: Saxophone [...]
MED-EL Video: How A Cochlear Implant Works
This is one of my favorite videos about cochlear implants – especially the part about the damaged hairs and when a hearing aid won’t help… After the ‘how it works’ part there are three testimonials from people who chose the MED-EL brand. I’m sure every brand has people willing to go on camera and oooh and ahh [...]
Forward Compatibility of cochlear implants
Advance for Audiologists – May 1, 2009 MED-EL upgrade page: http://tinyurl.com/cx7xs8 — — — — — — — MED-EL Introduces MAESTRO System Software Version 3.0 The MED-EL Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved MAESTRO System Software Version 3.0 for the OPUS 1 and 2 processor. The new version, which is now available, allows COMBI 40+ implant users to access the [...]
More on the Med El DUET hybrid CI and on my CI
I was going to add this to the previous post but decided to start a new one here: Hearing preservation was a goal of mine and my surgeon going into my CI surgery. We did implant the worse of my two ears, but I had a fairly significant amount of hearing in the lower frequencies. As [...]
Pre-Op Appointment and Insurance
Monday was my 2nd visit to UNC Chapel Hill. Everyone down there was highly anticipating that night’s Basketball game (not something I was following). Sunday afternoon Don and I drove down and went to the house of my older cousin and his wife. My older cousins and I haven’t had a lot of opportunity to be [...]
Hearing Preservation
Today I came across http://hearingpreservation.com, a website for an annual conference on what it sounds like – hearing preservation. The abstracts from last year’s conference in Kansas City are online in a pdf file, and while most are only one page, and many go over my head by using technical terms for anontomy of the ear that [...]
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