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I don't have any experience with 3G, but a few friends of mine did. Most of them were implanted with N24C and had 3G. They upgraded to Freedom, and they love it. Sounds so much better and clearer. This is why you'll see that Cochlear hasn't really upgraded their processors because it's almost...

I would like to think that it doesn't take long. It's all depends on the insurance and CI surgeons' schedule actually. Sometimes it can be pushed to be done earlier because it will be a hassle to wait several months to finally "hear" again. The first signs would probably be silence or...

You can do whatever you want to do. :-) Skydiving? No problem. I believe Skydiving is less height than being on an airplane, and I have *never* heard anyone have a problem with CI on the planes and such. Scuba Diving? No problem. Cochlear says up to 99 feet, which majority of leisure scuba...

some people use moleskin on their ear. If you have extra earhook for back up, I suggest you take one poor one and wrap the moleskin around it so it can give you a bit of cushion. I never had any issues with mine, but I've read stories about irritations and stuff. If you feel that it's just...

Same with me. I was on Medicare when I got implanted...twice. Both had the same stuff. I think it comes in a standard package for new implantees. It's different overseas though since government pays for it, so they "skimp" on some of the things.

Start with easy ones first such as slow songs/ballads and progress from there. The first song that I was able to follow the lyrics was Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler. :-) If you want some slow songs to try...watch YouTube vids, you should be able to read the lyrics and watch the...

I tend to wear long sweatshirts. So if I had it in my pocket whether it's in the front or back, It sorta goes under my sweatshirt to get to my pocket. When I do that, my sweatshirt is leaning against the cord, and it's "pulling" it down. Plus I can't really move too freely. I would have to put...

Yeah, you can use the T-mode for anything to completely block out background noise. I use it ALL the time when I had my hearing aids. What was a bit crazy is that if you have the music loud enough, people can hear it through your HA's. I've gotten a few embarrassing looks. With CI, and PACs...

You welcome! I learned a lot about stereo set up through my fiance, AND I had a lot of experience with listening to music...not to the point where I am an audiophile, but I can be a bit picky. Music was the primary reason why I got the CI in the first place. Weird. Have you tried putting...

I hope I clarify some things up for you and get you to enjoy your MP3 better. :-P

MY Kind of thread!! :-) My answers are in bold, I deleted most of them as I have never tried them. I'm off to read your next looong post. :-D

While this is really not true...HOWEVER... This may make MORE sense - 90% of the CI users are born by hearing parents. That makes a big difference, and that I can see. However, what people tend to neglect is that thousands of these people were BORN hearing, and became progressively...

Actually, the number is higher than that. I'm not sure what is the AB numbers, but Cochlear recently hit the 120,000th implantee milestone. So...I'm pretty sure it may be more than that.

What I meant was, they became deaf, then they decided to have surgery, now their lives are much better because of the technology that was available to them. I cannot make any judgment or know anything whether they've tried HA's prior to implantation. I do know for a fact that the presenter...

When I had my first surgery, I was able to hear quite a lot...sometimes TOO much (for example - I was able to hear my cat go to the bathroom across the room...I don't think I want to hear that for the rest of my life. LOL!). After a month or so, I decided to try on my HA because I'm so used to...

No it wasn't her. I recently attended a conference hosted by Cochlear. I was the ONLY one that was even part culturally deaf. The rest were hearing then became deaf. ALL of them were saying that it's pretty much the same what they heard when they were hearing. I didn't go around asking so...

I know four people had their implants failed. 3 were AB, the third - I'm not too sure. Two of them were botched surgeries (it's not the IMPLANT issue, it was the actual surgery procedure). The third one was something really weird. The implant WORKED, the surgery is fine, but it was not...

DeafDude - there's a difference between hearing the high frequencies and whether it's too LOUD. Mine was too loud, so I had them lowered. I can still hear the high frequencies, but they're not as loud and I'm not as sensitive. There's a difference. Deafteen90 - def go for a new map. I'm...

Interesting...I feel that when I get colds, I get too sensitive with hearing stuff so I always had to turn them all the way down or they're off. Everything sounded so loud. Weird.

I got my HA's just days after my 2nd birthday. Back then, they tested your hearing at 24 month checkup. It was tough for my mom when she found out that I was deaf ON my birthday. On top of that, she was going through Divorce, and my brother was causing a bit of a trouble (he probably had ADD, it...