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This is a preemptive question for when I have my implant and processor (I have surgery in 1.5 weeks and activation 3 weeks after that). I've had to wear my hair in a ponytail for the past 5 years because my hearing aids are so high gain that having my hair over the mics causes feedback. When I...

It always hurts my heart a bit when Deaf people who sign but have a CI are considered less "real" as in "not really Deaf". To be "Deaf" does one have to have been born to a Deaf family who only uses ASL? No. Can people who were raised orally ever be "Deaf" enough to meet the...

First, if you think a CI would be useful get a second opinion and take someone who is not your mom to take notes. Moms are notoriously bad at technology (just a joke but you should see my mom (62) try to send an email) and they generally don't like the idea of their kids having a surgery. But...

Don't you get crazy feedback that annoys anyone in the vicinity? If I even wear my hair down I get feedback. But seriously, just take em out.

I know some guys do it and it works well (they have thick skin). With long hair the bald spot shouldn't be noticeable

"Thanks, Im nervous but really I have nothing to lose but very little residual hearing." I'm feeling the same way. I keep having bad dreams and even day dreams that suddenly the doctor decided "nope, nope, nope". That is what is so scary. Not having the surgery but NOT having the surgery...

This is only a reply to this post, not at all a reply to the thread. My hearing loss is the sort you describe, off the charts (what I can "hear" is mostly vibration.). Even with Naida hearing aids maxed out my hearing is still severe to profound. My hearing aids let me know that sounds exist...

This has been in clinical trials for the past 8 years or so. It is basically a bone conduction hearing aid and nothing more. It won't correct sensorineural hearing loss. (When medgadget.com covered this 5 years ago and called it "a cochlear hearing aid" I sent SO MANY EMAILS asking who in the...

I'm not sure what you are trying to say but I think it is about cost of surgery. My insurance (in the United States) is covering 100% of the cost. I only have to pay $150 copay for outpatient surgery. This is a bit unusual for the states but just about every country also pays 100% for...

For the longest time I was totally for Cochlear but I'm getting Advanced Bionics. I really don't know enough to get into a war about this but from what I understand, Cochlear can only stimulate one contact at a time but AB can stimulate multiple. I remember when I was a young kid with...

I'm getting one CI in less than a month. My insurance is covering 100% of it BUT the surgeon doesn't like doing simultaneous bilateral CIs on adults (infants and young children are fine) because adults have usually had some exposure to sound and generally have a "good" or at least not terrible...

No. I don't think you know what you are talking about. Do you have hearing loss or wear hearing aids? If you do you know that hearing aids aren't like normal ears, they can't ignore noise. You are hyping technology that works well with NORMAL EARS that are able to block out noise. If you have...

Did you go to PCC? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Christian_College#Rules_and_regulations) They are notorious for ridiculous rules. My college officially didn't have rules except to respect yourself, respect your community and respect property. Despite not having rules we, all 1,500 of...

When my hearing loss was much less severe I had ReSound Canta 4 BTEs. The sound was good. Since I have progressive hearing loss I needed much more power than the resounds could provide and while waiting on coverage for my Naidas my audiologist loaned me a bunch of different super power BTEs...

I'm in graduate school and have to turn in 15 pages of my rough draft on Friday. I was listening to music before class in the classroom with about 4 of my classmates. I use DAI to connect to my BTEs, pretty normal stuff. But after going to get coffee I had to reconnect the DAI, so I did as I...

I am a candidate in both ears but my insurance only covers one at a time. Right now I'm a bit pissed that according to the surgeon, I could have had an implant 3-4 years ago based on my audiograms and speech testing but none of the 3 audiologists I saw said anything. I even asked one...

I considered choosing which side i sleep on but I sleep on my stomach so...no problem there.

My right ear used to be my bad ear but 2 years ago my left ear gave up. I'm choosing my right ear because for the past 2 years it has had good access to sound and my left ear has more bass. Mostly, I have nothing left to loose.

The surgeon said it is really rare to do simultaneous adult bilateral implants so I get to choose the ear I have implanted and I'll (probably) still wear my hearing aid in the other ear just to keep the auditory pathways stimulated and because right now I only hear bass sounds and my husband has...

Yeah, I've chosen advanced bionics (it was a tough choice as AB and cochlear are both really bread companies but right now the AB processor is awesome and uses Phonak technology). They have already offered to help with navigating insurance issues