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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 [...]

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 [...]

Why Not to get a cochlear implant

I’ve started this post twice now and it has morphed into something else… Let’s try again. There are lots of reasons to get a cochlear implant. There are also many people who will be happy to go on and on about the reasons not to get one, or more specifically why you shouldn’t get one for [...]

My first CI evaluation

It has been over 15 years since I lost my hearing. In 1993 I was told that a CI would not help me. That they didn’t produce very good sound and that speech comprehension with one was lower than I was getting with my hearing aids. I wasn’t that deaf. Honestly, I didn’t really think about [...]

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I'm a 30-something year old girl originally from upstate NY and now living in central Virginia. My background is in mechanical engineering and I worked full time as an engineer for 8 years. In 2010 I quit my job and started a laser engraving business.

I lost my hearing at age 14 and have been using hearing aids since then. In April 2009 I received my first cochlear implant. That went really well so in December 2009 I got the second. The CIs are what prompted me to start writing publicly - but I try to cover other things as well.

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