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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    Further Update -- Music with CI? I've been to House, and approved as candidate for Cochlear Implant. My right ear is in the clear ... there are some of the beginning signs of ossification in the left ear. Given the delay I experienced in getting my referral to House, they have marked my...
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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    Got the prescription. Got the CT. Now, I'm going to House next Mon. and Tues.
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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    I have done what you suggested -- got the CT scan and the MRI, and taking them into House next week.
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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    Well ... if all it gives me is the ability to hear people *talk* again, that would be a major improvement, to say the _least_!
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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    Thanx for this info. The CT is, I gather, supposed to be done *at* HEI. We are getting on their case to make with the referral, already. So, you are an attorney, too? Do you do PI? I used to do insurance defense, and, I have to admit, as an insurance defense attorney, I tended to look...
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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    The are planning to give me a CT scan at the LA HEI . What is the word about ossification? My doctor sat on my referral to House for a whole 4 weeks, putting me, now, we beyong the 4-6 week optimal period. I've seen some things online, saying that ossification can start within that...
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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    A harpist: Harp of Hyperion I have two lovely harps at home ... at can only *faintly* ... hear the lowest octave of the largest one. I don't have a date for the surgery, yet.
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    Cons, as well as pros, of Cochlear implants

    Hi, all, I'm 45, a musician .... and I lost my hearing over 2 months ago, after surviving spinal meningitis. I'm being considered for cochlear implants, at the House Ear Institute. I've heard a lot of really good word about this procedure, and I would really *love* to be able to hear...
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