RE: Re: More on hearing aids, cochlear implants...

[Guest guest]

Thks for that Alice - have started reading a few stories and will keep referring

to the website. pamela

Re: More on hearing aids, cochlear implants...

If you are interested in the cochlear implant - which I feel creates

miracles in the lives of those who have hearing loss - please go to

my website at http://www.cihear.com where you can find just about

anything you need to know about them.

I have mito and I have a cochlear implant. I wore a hearing aid

before I had my CI surgery. Even though I do not have the full

benefit of the implant as most users do, I cannot stress how

wonderful the device is. In comparison to hearing aids, there is

none. A CI is an entirely different device and I can honestly say

it is one of the best things I have ever done for myself.

Alice

Mitoldies Listowner

http://www.cihear.com

>

> Re cochlear implants which I know nothing about. I just met

someone (not mito) who has a cochlear implant - he was almost

completely deaf since birth and now about 30 and it has changed his

life since he got it put in several years ago. They were urging me

to look into it (his mother was working for the dr/group who I think

pioneered cochlear implants here in Sydney). Although it is

probably a little premature for me I have started thinking about it

since talking to them, as they were talking about it being important

to make the move while the hearing and sounds are still registered

in memory. This young man also was saying the cochlear implant was

so much better for him than regular hearing aids. I would be

interested in hearing the thoughts of anyone who has gone from

hearing aids to cochlear implant. You mentioned it as if it would

be a last resort a - what are the pros and cons - can you

reprogram the implant also? One thing I would be interested in is

if you make the sounds softer at will as I find sharp sounds can be

quite stressful and just want to switch off... Pamela (MELAS)

[Guest guest]

Thks Ruth this is very interesting to hear the criteria. I am probably not

there yet but getting close. CI must have been wonderful for you. pam

Re:hearing aids

>

>

> Patty,

>

> I wear two over the ear hearing aids, the largest they make.

They are

> digital and the programmable component is important as your

hearing decreases.

> Besides the programmable component there are 3 settings. One is

for general

> use, the other for just sounds coming from the direction I am

facing (useful in

> a noisy environment when conversing with others), and a third for

the

> telephone. Since I have a phone that can be volume adjusted I had

the third

> component programed so I can hear the range of sound in music.

>

> No one has mentioned the molds which are very important to the

system.

> There are soft or hard molds. The soft molds are more

comfortable and fit

> tighter to prevent extraneous sounds.

>

> Do use the 30 day testing system and the warranty. Mine will be

> reprogrammed at no cost as long as I use them. Unfortunately I am

approaching the

> cochlear implant threshold.

>

> Supplement your hearing aids with devices available for the hearing

> impaired. (Available through services that help the deaf.). I

supplement my hearing

> aids with a bed shaker for awakening me on time in the morning.

The system

> turns on lamps and makes them blink when there are load noises,

the doorbell

> rings or the telephone rings. (It also makes the lamps blink

whenever I

> vacuum.). When I was living alone, I used the motion detector

that was placed at

> the bottom of the stairs and would make the lights blink if there

was motion

> on the stairway. It was adjustable in height so the cat would

not set it

> off.

>

> a (MELAS)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

HI Pam, It is wonderful for me. Without it I don't have any hearing at all

regardless how loud the sound.

In spite of that I enjoy music, talk with friends, use the phone, and enjoy

all of the sounds of nature.

Let me know if I can help in anyway in regard to hearing loss. Cheers,

Ruth

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Subject: Re: Re: More on hearing aids, cochlear implants...

Thks Ruth this is very interesting to hear the criteria. I am probably not

there yet but getting close. CI must have been wonderful for you. pam

Re:hearing aids

>

>

> Patty,

>

> I wear two over the ear hearing aids, the largest they make.

They are

> digital and the programmable component is important as your

hearing decreases.

> Besides the programmable component there are 3 settings. One is

for general

> use, the other for just sounds coming from the direction I am

facing (useful in

> a noisy environment when conversing with others), and a third for

the

> telephone. Since I have a phone that can be volume adjusted I had

the third

> component programed so I can hear the range of sound in music.

>

> No one has mentioned the molds which are very important to the

system.

> There are soft or hard molds. The soft molds are more

comfortable and fit

> tighter to prevent extraneous sounds.

>

> Do use the 30 day testing system and the warranty. Mine will be

> reprogrammed at no cost as long as I use them. Unfortunately I am

approaching the

> cochlear implant threshold.

>

> Supplement your hearing aids with devices available for the hearing

> impaired. (Available through services that help the deaf.). I

supplement my hearing

> aids with a bed shaker for awakening me on time in the morning.

The system

> turns on lamps and makes them blink when there are load noises,

the doorbell

> rings or the telephone rings. (It also makes the lamps blink

whenever I

> vacuum.). When I was living alone, I used the motion detector

that was placed at

> the bottom of the stairs and would make the lights blink if there

was motion

> on the stairway. It was adjustable in height so the cat would

not set it

> off.

>

> a (MELAS)

>

>

>