Re: portable CD player hearing with wire connection to CI processor

[Guest guest]

How I do love to plug into my mp3 player! And certainly the more you

listen the better you will hear. There are not many functional

differences between plugging in versus listening over headphones

although plugging in certainly provides a very clean signal. There may

be some slight differences, some processors turn off the automatic

gain control, but this is slight and I don't know about this for

Med-El devices. But the biggest benefit is getting the clean signal

rather than having to go through headphones which often drop the bass

of an audio signal. Happy listening....Ray

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> I am 4 months post CI surgery and 3 months post CI activation with

Med EL Recently, I purchased a Panasonic portable CD/DVD player for

trips. I have however, discovered that I love practicing my listening

on this device. Also, best of all ,by accident it seems that since

practicing with this device during the past 36 hours, my CI hearing

appears to me to have improved as well. . At first, I was worried

about whether there was any difference in natural hearing with CI vs.

having my CI processor wired up to my rechargeable CD player. I

have not been able to get ahold of my audi to see what she says about

this; so I was curious if anyone else in the group has had any similar

experiences?? Regards, Kathy

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy,

I am bilateral (Freedom in left ear and Med-El in right ear). My

Med-El dates back to 2001, and my Freedom to 2006. I use a little Sony

CD player to listen to audiobooks while I read along with the paper

version. It is an excellent way to improve one's understanding of

speech. You're doing the right thing. The biggest difference between

listening to speech directly with my CIs and listening via ALDs is the

ability to totally block out background noise. I guess you have the

latest Med-El processor with a built-in T-coil. I'm looking forward to

getting one in the future. The engineers are currently working on

making it backward compatible for folks like me.

This paragraph is directed to any new bilateral users who might be

interested in this. I use a ClearSounds neckloop plugged into the CD

player. My Freedom has a built-in T-coil so I switch to that. I turn

the sensitivity all the way down on the Med-El and use the Telemic

accessory, with one end plugged into the ALDs port on the

angled-battery processor and the mic end clipped to my clothing just

above the ClearSounds mic. It works great and lets me listen to the

audiobook with both implants at the same time.

I wish you much success with your new implant.

e

[Guest guest]

Kathy I have always professed that listening to books on tape with a CD/DVD

player is the best listening practice one can do. I did this extensively with

my first CI and I truly believe it helped. Reminds me I should go to the

library and get some to practice with my second CI.

Connie

Kathy <ruffykimmy@...> wrote:

I am 4 months post CI surgery and 3 months post CI activation with Med

EL Recently, I purchased a Panasonic portable CD/DVD player for trips. I have

however, discovered that I love practicing my listening on this device. Also,

best of all ,by accident it seems that since practicing with this device during

the past 36 hours, my CI hearing appears to me to have improved as well. . At

first, I was worried about whether there was any difference in natural hearing

with CI vs. having my CI processor wired up to my rechargeable CD player. I have

not been able to get ahold of my audi to see what she says about this; so I was

curious if anyone else in the group has had any similar experiences?? Regards,

Kathy

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[Guest guest]

Any practise is good practise, Kathy.

Ted F.

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> I am 4 months post CI surgery and 3 months post CI activation with

Med EL Recently, I purchased a Panasonic portable CD/DVD player for

trips. I have however, discovered that I love practicing my

listening on this device. Also, best of all ,by accident it seems

that since practicing with this device during the past 36 hours, my

CI hearing appears to me to have improved as well. . At first, I

was worried about whether there was any difference in natural hearing

with CI vs. having my CI processor wired up to my rechargeable CD

player. I have not been able to get ahold of my audi to see what she

says about this; so I was curious if anyone else in the group has had

any similar experiences?? Regards, Kathy

>

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> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile.

Try it now.

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[Guest guest]

Whilst talking about bilateral users using a portable CD player, iPod

Shuffle etc. I am a bilateral user with two Advanced Bionics Harmony

processors, I use music link ear hooks and plug directly straight into

the audio device and with the built-in T coil that I have programmed

with the built in mic which is the 50/50 setting, I find that I can

still hear around me, e.g. my young kids etc and still listen to

music/audio stories etc

I, too wish you joy with your new implant. Enjoy!

Elaine from the UK

Bilateral CI user: activated 29th Oct 2007

e Goforth wrote:

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> Hi Kathy,

>

> I am bilateral (Freedom in left ear and Med-El in right ear). My

> Med-El dates back to 2001, and my Freedom to 2006. I use a little Sony

> CD player to listen to audiobooks while I read along with the paper

> version. It is an excellent way to improve one's understanding of

> speech. You're doing the right thing. The biggest difference between

> listening to speech directly with my CIs and listening via ALDs is the

> ability to totally block out background noise. I guess you have the

> latest Med-El processor with a built-in T-coil. I'm looking forward to

> getting one in the future. The engineers are currently working on

> making it backward compatible for folks like me.

>

> This paragraph is directed to any new bilateral users who might be

> interested in this. I use a ClearSounds neckloop plugged into the CD

> player. My Freedom has a built-in T-coil so I switch to that. I turn

> the sensitivity all the way down on the Med-El and use the Telemic

> accessory, with one end plugged into the ALDs port on the

> angled-battery processor and the mic end clipped to my clothing just

> above the ClearSounds mic. It works great and lets me listen to the

> audiobook with both implants at the same time.

>

> I wish you much success with your new implant.

>

> e

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