The programming levels of the CI's

July 29, 2008

If I may, I would like to expand upon what has written in that each

of us can have a different combo and not every audiologist refers to the

programs as Noise, Whisper, and Music. It does help if you become familiar

with the recommended environment the program is designed to be most helpful.

I have only had the SmartSound 2.0 for two weeks and find them to be a great

improvement.

Mine are:

P-1: ADRO

P-2: ADRO+ASC

P-3: ADRO+ASC+BEAM

P-4: ADRO+Whisper

Using 's terms, P-1 is my everyday, P-2 is my noise program but so is

P-3, but for especially loud places and P-4 is one I use with Music but

other times as well.

If you happen to be bilateral, I encourage you to also experiment with

different combo's on each side. Example: I have one side on P-2 and the

other at P-3 and see if it makes a difference. Switch sides with the combo.

This is really amazing.........how experimenting can make a difference. I

do the same with P-1 and P-4. If you are like me and have one ear that does

a little better in noise or quiet than the other, all the more reason to

experiment with the combos as I suggested.

Just wanted to throw in my experience with SS2.0 .......and to share

what I have been learning.

Warmly, Carol in WI

Re: The programming levels of the CI's

Posted by: " " rclark0276@... prince_rogue2001

Date: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:12 pm ((PDT))

And I forgot to mention that there is now Smart Sounds 2 which offers a

mix of the basic smart sounds. So its important to know what your audi is

giving you.

The SS2 programs are Everyday, Noise, Whisper, and Music.

July 30, 2008

Hi Carol,

Glad to hear you got the SoundSuite 2 put on and like it. What a huge

improvement for me! I personally have slot 4 as telecoil, since I can

hear and understand music on any of the channels.

Thanks for adding to our store of knowledge.

If I may, I would like to expand upon what has written in that

each

of us can have a different combo and not every audiologist refers to the

programs as Noise, Whisper, and Music. It does help if you become

familiar

with the recommended environment the program is designed to be most

helpful.

I have only had the SmartSound 2.0 for two weeks and find them to be a

great

improvement.

Mine are:

P-1: ADRO

P-2: ADRO+ASC

P-3: ADRO+ASC+BEAM

P-4: ADRO+Whisper

Using 's terms, P-1 is my everyday, P-2 is my noise program but so

is

P-3, but for especially loud places and P-4 is one I use with Music but

other times as well.

If you happen to be bilateral, I encourage you to also experiment with

different combo's on each side. Example: I have one side on P-2 and the

other at P-3 and see if it makes a difference. Switch sides with the

combo.

This is really amazing.........how experimenting can make a difference. I

do the same with P-1 and P-4. If you are like me and have one ear that

does

a little better in noise or quiet than the other, all the more reason to

experiment with the combos as I suggested.

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July 31, 2008

Hello

Pardon me if this is a stupid question, but why would you use one

programme slot just for telecoil? I thought telecoil could be used

with ANY of our programmes??

Ted F.

>

> Hi Carol,

> Glad to hear you got the SoundSuite 2 put on and like it. What a

huge

> improvement for me! I personally have slot 4 as telecoil, since I can

> hear and understand music on any of the channels.

> Thanks for adding to our store of knowledge.

>

July 31, 2008

Simple answer, Ted. With t coil enabled by default in one slot, saves

time when answering calls.

*---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

Love is grand;

--divorce is a hundred grand.

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July 31, 2008

True, I like the dedicated program because I don't have to take the processor

off my ear to set it into telecoil, just go quickly through the " beeps " .

Additionally I have mine set on to be 100% telecoil on program 4 so I don't have

outside sound coming in like I do with the telecoil in the other programs (set

at 75/25). That way I can quickly check if a room I am in (for a meeting, a

movie etc) is looped without taking the processor off and fiddling with it while

totally deaf.

Pam

August 1, 2008

Ok, thank you all for your replies.

Now, which level would you suggest for when you're by yourself in

your home in a quiet environment, watching TV and so forth ?

Thanks !

Dan

>

> True, I like the dedicated program because I don't have to take the

processor off my ear to set it into telecoil, just go quickly through

the " beeps " . Additionally I have mine set on to be 100% telecoil on

program 4 so I don't have outside sound coming in like I do with the

telecoil in the other programs (set at 75/25). That way I can quickly

check if a room I am in (for a meeting, a movie etc) is looped

without taking the processor off and fiddling with it while totally

deaf.

>

> Pam

>

August 1, 2008

This may be true if Tele coil is near the current program you are on, but to

me it will take longer to go through the other programs to get to Tele coil

than simply to press the Tele coil itself.

Re: Re:The programming levels of the CI's

> Simple answer, Ted. With t coil enabled by default in one slot, saves

> time when answering calls.

>

> *---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

> Love is grand;

> --divorce is a hundred grand.

> & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn

> Newport, Oregon

> N24C 8/2000 Hookup

> rclark0276@...

> http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/

>

August 1, 2008

I agree- it's not hard to do at all, once you've done it a few times.

On Aug 1, 2008, at 9:46 AM, wrote:

> This may be true if Tele coil is near the current program you are

> on, but to

> me it will take longer to go through the other programs to get to

> Tele coil

> than simply to press the Tele coil itself.

>

> Re: Re:The programming levels of the CI's

>

> > Simple answer, Ted. With t coil enabled by default in one slot,

> saves

> > time when answering calls.

> >

August 1, 2008

Dan,

Again, this is a very individual thing.

*---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

" Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details. "

-- Feather

& Dreamer Doll ke7nwn

Newport, Oregon

N24C 8/2000 Hookup

rclark0276@...

http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/

August 1, 2008

,

That of course is not set in stone. You can arrange the rpograms any

way you like. Common sense would dictate it go next to the most used

program.

*---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

& Dreamer Doll ke7nwn

Newport, Oregon

N24C 8/2000 Hookup

rclark0276@...

http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/

August 1, 2008

OK, thanks .

Ted F.

>

> Simple answer, Ted. With t coil enabled by default in one slot,

saves

> time when answering calls.

>

> *---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

> Love is grand;

> --divorce is a hundred grand.

> & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn

> Newport, Oregon

> N24C 8/2000 Hookup

> rclark0276@...

> http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/

>

August 1, 2008

Ted,

Let me reassure you there are NO stupid questions. I'm a lazy girl,

and rather than holding down both sides to switch to telecoil, I just bop

through the programs to get to the telecoil. It's actually faster that

way. And since my audiologist, who happens to work for Cochlear now, but

who was my first audi when I was implanted 12 years ago, knows how lazy I

am, and how well I can hear music, speech, and everything else on any of

the programs, just set one for telecoil. Put it on last December, and

it's great.

I have my first program with ADRO set very low, like V and S at 2, and

use it around the house where I don't have to hear much of anything. I

can hear the doorbells, phone ringing, dog howling, but don't have to

listen to the background noises like traffic up the street, lawnmowers,

and all the other noisy stuff the neighbors use to keep their yards

looking good (which happens when I'm on V 6 and Sens 9, etc). Program

2, is ADRO and ASC and I have the V & S set higher there, and use it when

I'm working with people and need to hear them better on the first try.

Program 3, which is ADRO, ASC and BEAM, I use in noisy restaurants and

places like that. And 4 is 25% regular and 75% telecoil, and I use it on

the phone. All work well for me, and I listen to music on any of them.

Is it as cold downunder and it is HOT uptop? 81 degrees today, and

warmer tomorrow. My Siberian husky is lolling in grass with a breeze

blowing on her. Had her coat brushed out, so no more undercoat, bath,

ears cleaned, nails trimmed and she came home with a gingham bandana on.

Prettiest pooch on the street.

BTW, Gardening hint. If you don't fertilize your lawn, or water it,

you don't have to mow it nearly as often. People around here spend hours

and dollars on lawns. Mine gets cut every 3 or 4 weeks. I don't even

worry about it dying out, since grass will grow in the cracks in

sidewalks without my doing anything, and it is a perennial. Just ignore

it and it becomes VERY low maintenance.

Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:21 pm (PDT)

Hello

Pardon me if this is a stupid question, but why would you use one

programme slot just for telecoil? I thought telecoil could be used

with ANY of our programmes??

Ted F.

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August 1, 2008

I agree with . It takes a second before you can switch to the next

program. You can't just quickly press the button 4 times to get to slot 4.

You have to press, pause and wait for the beep, press, pause, wait for the

beep, etc. That takes too long when you're trying to hear the person on the

phone. I just quickly reach up and hold both buttons down without taking

the processor off and switch it over to T-coil. It's quick and I don't have

to wait for the processor to switch to a new program.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:46 AM

Subject: Re: Re:The programming levels of the CI's

This may be true if Tele coil is near the current program you are on, but to

me it will take longer to go through the other programs to get to Tele coil

than simply to press the Tele coil itself.

Re: Re:The programming levels of the CI's

> Simple answer, Ted. With t coil enabled by default in one slot, saves

> time when answering calls.

>

> *---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

> Love is grand;

> --divorce is a hundred grand.

> & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn

> Newport, Oregon

> N24C 8/2000 Hookup

> rclark0276@... <mailto:rclark0276%40charter.net>

> http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/

>

August 2, 2008

Thanks for the explanation, .

As for the weather, we are in the last month of Winter here, but it

doesn't get cold enough, where I am, to need a fire. About 7 or 8

degrees C at night and about 21C in the day time.

I thought the first things that dogs did after they had had a bath,

was to roll in something...........to improve their smell :-)

Ted F.

>

> Ted,

> Let me reassure you there are NO stupid questions. I'm a lazy girl,

> and rather than holding down both sides to switch to telecoil, I

just bop

> through the programs to get to the telecoil. It's actually faster that

> way. And since my audiologist, who happens to work for Cochlear

now, but

> who was my first audi when I was implanted 12 years ago, knows how

lazy I

> am, and how well I can hear music, speech, and everything else on any of

> the programs, just set one for telecoil. Put it on last December, and

> it's great.

> I have my first program with ADRO set very low, like V and S at

2, and

> use it around the house where I don't have to hear much of anything. I

> can hear the doorbells, phone ringing, dog howling, but don't have to

> listen to the background noises like traffic up the street, lawnmowers,

> and all the other noisy stuff the neighbors use to keep their yards

> looking good (which happens when I'm on V 6 and Sens 9, etc). Program

> 2, is ADRO and ASC and I have the V & S set higher there, and use it when

> I'm working with people and need to hear them better on the first try.

> Program 3, which is ADRO, ASC and BEAM, I use in noisy restaurants and

> places like that. And 4 is 25% regular and 75% telecoil, and I use

it on

> the phone. All work well for me, and I listen to music on any of them.

> Is it as cold downunder and it is HOT uptop? 81 degrees today, and

> warmer tomorrow. My Siberian husky is lolling in grass with a breeze

> blowing on her. Had her coat brushed out, so no more undercoat, bath,

> ears cleaned, nails trimmed and she came home with a gingham bandana

on.

> Prettiest pooch on the street.

> BTW, Gardening hint. If you don't fertilize your lawn, or water it,

> you don't have to mow it nearly as often. People around here spend

hours

> and dollars on lawns. Mine gets cut every 3 or 4 weeks. I don't even

> worry about it dying out, since grass will grow in the cracks in

> sidewalks without my doing anything, and it is a perennial. Just ignore

> it and it becomes VERY low maintenance.

>

> Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:21 pm (PDT)

> Hello

>

> Pardon me if this is a stupid question, but why would you use one

> programme slot just for telecoil? I thought telecoil could be used

> with ANY of our programmes??

>

> Ted F.

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August 2, 2008

, that's amazing. You really have it down pat after 12 years I like

the 75/25 t-coil too, especially since I can hear my own voice.

Right now, as I've said, I'm in a study where I'm being mapped by

voice rather than beeps, so I'm a little mixed up at the moment.

However, once done, I hope to have a dedicated t-coil slot.

So many choices, so little time!

Judy in Jax

>

> Ted,

> Let me reassure you there are NO stupid questions. I'm a lazy girl,

> and rather than holding down both sides to switch to telecoil, I just bop

> through the programs to get to the telecoil. It's actually faster that

> way. And since my audiologist, who happens to work for Cochlear now, but

> who was my first audi when I was implanted 12 years ago, knows how lazy I

> am, and how well I can hear music, speech, and everything else on any of

> the programs, just set one for telecoil. Put it on last December, and

> it's great.

> I have my first program with ADRO set very low, like V and S at 2, and