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Keep in mind that ANY metal will cast shadows on CT AND MRI. Your fillings in your teeth (if you have any could cause static (ESP on CT). You CAN get another brand without the magnet and use a headband for when you want to hear but not be at risk during an MRI. IF you get bilateral acoustic...

First therapy for vertigo is done by real licensed professionals. (I know chiropractors are "lisence dollars" but they operate dangerous equipment without any real training). That is not the point. I had crazy vertigo before and right after my cochlear implant. Before I'd have to lay down to...

8 have a very important phone meeting and I'm trying to get caption call, sprint VCO and anything that will work to work with my phone (iPhone 6). The ideal system would display the captions on my iPad or computer screen. And app recommendations or places to go (library?) if I can't get VCO to...

Before you spent a ton of money on a hearing aid ask yourself a few questions- 1. Is the hearing loss in one ear causing problems? I have profound hearing loss (my best threshold is 95-100dB) in both ears but have a cochlear implant in my right ear. I wear a superpower hearing aid in my...

I just saw something about it a few days ago but I'm not too excited. I'm one of those people who would have qualified for a CI way back before the rules were relaxed. In my unimplanted ear I have 3 frequencies where hearing can be measured. The naida link is "broadband" with superior sound...

My solid blue is my cochlear implant, not my hearing aid.mboth are called Naida.

It is less powerful by 5 dB ear coupler. So, a MASSIVE difference, those 5 decibels could magically make me hearing, Also they don't make transparent Sky V UPs.majd those sky V UPs,deliver a whopping....exact same amount of amplification as Naida I, III, AND V UPS. Btw, the state accidentally...

The biggest difference btwn hearing aids and cochlear implants is that with a cochlear implant, the sound seems super quiet compared to the head rattling hearing aids I wore. My cochlear implant has sound at around the same as normal hearing people. Loud noises don't bother me because the...

I had progressive hearing loss starting from childhood and was profound by college. I wore the Naida III UP from age 22-28 when I got an advanced bionics cochlear implant in my right ear. The past two years with the cochlear implant have been amazing and since I'd like to get my left ear...

I think it is because my city doesn't have an adult implant program and the most expierenced CI audiologist happens to work at an oral school. And the oral school only charges $150 for a new MAP but the hospital I tried wanted $850 up front before they would even see me. Keep thinking I'm...

That is the most defeatist attitude I've ever seen. Cis aren't getting rid of deafness or Deaf culture, they are tools that help Deaf people hear. Deaf Culture isn't dying, maybe your brand of it is but more and more parents of deaf children are learning ASL, the effects of ASL on language...

You know, if someone asked me if they should get a cochlear implant, my answer wouldn't be an automatic YES! CIs aren't fetishes. I'd probably tell most people that if they aren't willing to work really hard for YEARS to understand sounds, then a CI isn't for them. If hearing aids work just...

That is a huge question with so many variables. What supports are in the community school? What is the family situation (Deaf, hearing, learning sign?) would the student be placed in self contained deaf classes at their community school? Do these classes have the same standards as hearing...

I understood her English perfectly. She told a deaf person who is going to (probably) get a CI that AllDeaf isn't the place to find people who are welcoming of Cochlear Implants. She pointed to the door and said, metaphorically "maybe try somewhere else, somewhere where CIs are more accepted"...

Telling other deaf people that this deaf community is only for/accepting of one way to be deaf. The way that hates CIs and replies to any question about hearing with "just learn ASL"

Have you had objective measures of your hearing loss? An ABR, OAEs, acoustic reflex testing? Your hearing loss is so mild that it isn't surprising that amplification sounds loud but when you say sounds without hearing aids are too loud, that points to a central (non ear or cochlear) problem or...

That sort of thinking is poisonous to the deaf community. That thinking is literally tearing apart connections that people have worked for for decades to make. I King Jordan, former president of Gaulladet, spoke and signed. Something like 30% of current students at Gaulladet have cochlear...

I love my cochlear implant. I've had it for 2 years and it has been life changing. Contrary to what posters above have said, sign will not set you free and a CI won't keep you from signing. I do both, have a master's degree in medicine and hope to start medical school soon. I couldn't do that if...

Hearing Aid manufacturer Phonak battery size 13 useage (useage/avg hours) 14 hrs/day accessories- direct audio input (used 1-2 hours per day) digital or analog digita superpower (MPO of 85 with. Sound recover is off bc I only have hearing in 3frequencies typical life? 5 days misc comments just...