Re: Progress - CI&HA, Bose & Telecoil

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Hi Tom, you are doing well with your CI just activated. You must try

your Bose headphones with your CI and HA - switch to Telecoil on your

CI and HA and listen with the Bose headphones - Telecoils should work

fine with the Bose headphones. Let us know what you experience with

the Bose and CI and HA Telecoils. Regards. Ilana

On 5/28/11, rver0347 <tmhagney@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Group,

>

> Just had my second mapping yesterday afternoon. Wow. Amazing what I am now

> hearing. Last week was good but had a number of rough spots. I tried to use

> CI in a noisy environment on the very same day as activation and the

> following day was more of the same. I tried to use both the CI on my right

> ear and the HA on the left. I got frustrated real fast. I put the HA away

> and stuck to only wearing the CI. I have been without the HA for 5 days.

>

> a on this group, wrote me and stated that in her experience I

> would progress faster with both the CI and HA but it's up to the individual.

>

> When I meet with my Audi at my second mapping yesterday, I explained my

> experiences and frustrations with the HA. I had a hard time with the HA

> overpowering the CI and sounds seeming to jump from one side of my head to

> the other. After re-mapping the CI, the Audi started working with the HA and

> balancing the volume and sensitivity. Wow, double Wow. What a difference.

> Instead of the high pitched mechanical " Darth Vader " sounds, my brain

> perceives sounds that are approaching natural sounding voices. Sure, it is

> not perfect but so much better.

>

> Explained to Audi my concern about losing the CI without a good anchor. The

> Processor ear clips that come from Cochlear don't fit well and are a real

> pain to secure. She (my Audiologist) made an ear impression and will have a

> skeleton mold made to secure the CI. In the mean time, she measured my old

> HA mold tubing against the CI, cut to size, and secured the processor to the

> old mold. Works great and is comfortable.

>

> Audi changed my mappings for everyday, noise, focus, and music from the

> original volume only mapping. Subtle differences but works in conjunction

> with the HA.

>

> Audi also showed me the cables that came with the CI. I had asked about them

> based on the discussion thread that has been going on here this past week.

> (Thank you to all involved for that information). Audi also said that I

> could start using the " Sound and Way Beyond " DVD to get practice.

>

> Drive home (2 1/2 hours) gave me time to converse with my wife without my

> eyes leaving the road to hear (see) her. Road noise was not the issue that

> it has been in the past. Noise was subdued.

>

> We decided to eat at Ci Ci's Pizza on way home. Mistake! Was crowded with a

> bunch of kids. However, this gave me time to play with the " Noise " settings

> on both the HA and CI. To my surprise (and my wife's), I was able to hear

> her and carry on a conversation.

>

> When I got home, I decided to try the cabling that came with the CI to see

> what would work for me. In the past I had wired my DirecTV box to an RCA

> Y-adapter from Radio Shack so that I had a 3.5 mm stereo plug along side my

> chair. I had used a " Bose " headset with some luck in the past. I also had a

> " Music Links " ear-loop cable that I used with the T-coil setting of my dual

> HA's. I plugged the supplied cable with the built in filter to the 3.5 mm

> stereo cable from the DirecTV box and plugged in the " Music Links " earloops

> into that. (what a cabling nightmare - about 12' of cable). I placed the

> earhooks on and turned the T-coil of both the CI and HA on. Wow. I could

> hear the TV again. Sure I had trouble following the dialog but with time and

> practice, I am sure it will come. I followed along with the closed

> captioning. Wound up watching TV until 2:00am. What a long day.

>

> So far, I cannot say enough positive about my experiences. I may not be

> typical of the average deafened individual. I know we are all different. My

> loss was prolonged and gradual over 30 plus years. I lost all of my high

> frequencies years ago and only had 10-15% of the lows left.

>

> Hope this helps some of the new folks looking forward to the CI experience.

>

> Tom

>

> Implanted - 4/22/11 Cochlear Nucleus 5

> Activated - 5/20/11

> Hearing Aid - Left Ear - Phonak Naida since 4/2009

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Ilana, you're wonderful. I never realized I could use the " Bose " headsets with

the T-coil on my HA as well as CI. The sound is good, still trying to balance

the CI & HA while listening to TV.

I've been missing out for years using my HA's with the Bose.

Now I have to work on making them comfortable when pressing against the behind

the ear devices.

Tom

>

> Hi Tom, you are doing well with your CI just activated. You must try

> your Bose headphones with your CI and HA - switch to Telecoil on your

> CI and HA and listen with the Bose headphones - Telecoils should work

> fine with the Bose headphones. Let us know what you experience with

> the Bose and CI and HA Telecoils. Regards. Ilana

>

[Guest guest]

Tom, you're welcome. Which Speech Processor do you use? Please share

with us the sound quality when listening with 'Bose' via Telecoils

compered to via the CI & HA Mics only with 'Bose'. Regards. Ilana

On 5/30/11, rver0347 <tmhagney@...> wrote:

> Ilana, you're wonderful. I never realized I could use the " Bose " headsets

> with the T-coil on my HA as well as CI. The sound is good, still trying to

> balance the CI & HA while listening to TV.

>

> I've been missing out for years using my HA's with the Bose.

>

> Now I have to work on making them comfortable when pressing against the

> behind the ear devices.

>

> Tom

>

>

>

>

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>> Hi Tom, you are doing well with your CI just activated. You must try

>> your Bose headphones with your CI and HA - switch to Telecoil on your

>> CI and HA and listen with the Bose headphones - Telecoils should work

>> fine with the Bose headphones. Let us know what you experience with

>> the Bose and CI and HA Telecoils. Regards. Ilana

>>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Tom,

Try turning the volume down a little on your Hearing Aid and see if that

helps balance it better with the CI. I had the same problem and felt like

all that sound was just ricocheting around in my poor ol' brain. It was

pretty overwhelming and stressful. Once I turned the HA volume down a little

I had much better speech clarity with the CI ear.

Hope this helps

Suzanne W - Nebraska

Freedom - R ear

Surgery 1/14/08 Activation 2/14/08

Alpha ENT Clinic Ft. , CO

Dr. W. Conlon

Ilana, you're wonderful. I never realized I could use the " Bose " headsets

with the T-coil on my HA as well as CI. The sound is good, still trying to

balance the CI & HA while listening to TV.

I've been missing out for years using my HA's with the Bose.

Now I have to work on making them comfortable when pressing against the

behind the ear devices.

Tom