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I believes is still on Cloud 9.

I can just see at her job, typing away on her steno machine, then slowly

she started to float upward toward the ceiling.

Everyone in the court room look at still in sitting position, typing away

on empty air, going, going, going toward the ceiling.

Finally realized something is amiss. looks around wondering why

everyone is quiet. She immediately understood why... everyone jaws had dropped

to the floor, the judge's right hand under his chin, his left hand his tapping

on his desk and his eyes had an eagle dagger look at her.

, now alert what had happened, suddenly whoosh downward to her chair

breaking it into million pieces. quickly got up, straightened her dress,

swept the broken pieces aside with her foot, quickly walks to the prosecutor and

asks if she could borrow the empty chair beside him. He was too shocked to say

anything so quickly grab the chair, went back to her steno machine, put

the chair down, sat down, looks up sweetly at the judge and look right back to

him with her eagle eyes that much to say " Well, let get back to work your

Honour " and her fingers were eagerly posing to type.

Dolly Dolphin

Hi Wendi,

I had both ears implanted at the same time last August. The surgery

was almost 7 hours long, and I stayed overnight in the hospital. The

first few days after surgery were tough for me because I was throwing

up from taking the antibiotics, but once I told the doctor this, she

prescribed me some sort of suppository med that helped immensely. I

pretty much stayed in bed resting for about five to six days and

didn't do much at all.

I was activated three weeks later and it was phenomenal. It's been

eight months since activation for me and I am still amazed at how

well I can hear. I've been a court reporter for over 20 years (the

person in court who takes down the testimony on their steno machine)

and lost my hearing VERY suddenly due to AIED. I had perfect hearing

one day, and two months later was completely deaf. Well, just to

give you an idea of how well these CI's are working, I'm BACK to work

as a court reporter! I swear, it's a miracle, as I NEVER in a

million years thought I'd be able to go back to court reporting. And

I'm so glad I decided to get the two implants at the same time. This

was a great decision for me.

My insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shied of MA) paid for my surgery

completely, except for a $250 deductible. I'm actually not sure

about the upgrade issue you're asking about, but will be interested

to hear what others have to say about this. I hadn't thought about

this factor before, but probably should have.

Oh, and I went with AB and couldn't be happier. I'm telling you,

this is as close to normal hearing as I could have gotten, and I

never realized that CI's were capable of restoring hearing to this

point. I honestly thought that I MIGHT get SOME sort of sound back

after surgery, but this is just incredible. For me to be able to go

back to work as a court reporter speaks volumes as to how well these

things work!

Good luck, Wendi, and if I can answer any other questions for you,

let me know.