CI Moments

I had a ci moment. I heard some strange sounds and saw someone walking through the leaves just outside my apt. When I went to my patio door, I realized I had forgotten to close it when unloading my laundry. >.< People walking thru leaves sound different with my CI than they do with my HA.
 
vallee said:
How does your son feel about his implant? I really love mine. To me, it is no different than getting up and putting in my HA. Its a part of my life. It just gives me so much more.

Good luck researching.
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My son never really worn hearing aids. He did for those 6 months but he doesn't remember. He loves his implant.
 
I apologize for the intrusion upon these happy occasions but I need to ask a question: I see, with Vallee, pre and post numbers on "comprehension". Can you tell me what is meant by comprehension?
 
Tousi said:
I apologize for the intrusion upon these happy occasions but I need to ask a question: I see, with Vallee, pre and post numbers on "comprehension". Can you tell me what is meant by comprehension?
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Here are the test results: A speech reception was a at 25dbhl in the left ear and 35 dbhl in the right ear. No visual cues

Hint sentences right ci 84% left ci 93% bilateral ci 96%

hint sentences with noise right ci 54% left ci 55% bilateral ci 86%

phonemes right ci 56% left ci 72% bilateral ci 73%


pre-implant on 6/6/2006

hint sentences right ear 1% left ear 17% binaural 26% using unitron hearing aids
But communication ability improved with the addtion of visual cues to 80% in right ear and 100% in left ear.


That is what I understand with my ci 3 months after implants. I hope that answers the question. To me the differences is so much, I can put a number on it. I do have to work on words in isolation.
 
vallee said:
Here are the test results: A speech reception was a at 25dbhl in the left ear and 35 dbhl in the right ear. No visual cues

Hint sentences right ci 84% left ci 93% bilateral ci 96%

hint sentences with noise right ci 54% left ci 55% bilateral ci 86%
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I just wanted to comment on your bilateral score in noise vs the single ear scores in the same conditions. Quite a striking difference! You don't get that much of a difference with the hint sentences in quiet conditions.

I haven't been tested bilaterally in noise yet. But am looking forward to seeing what difference it makes.
 
R2D2 said:
I just wanted to comment on your bilateral score in noise vs the single ear scores in the same conditions. Quite a striking difference! You don't get that much of a difference with the hint sentences in quiet conditions.

I haven't been tested bilaterally in noise yet. But am looking forward to seeing what difference it makes.
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How are you enjoying your sound in stereo?

It really is a big difference, but I can really hear it in my daily life. When is your audio testing?
 
I'm not deaf and don't personally know anyone who is deaf. However, I've been writing a 15 page paper on Deaf culture, cochlear implants, etc etc etc. and I just wanted to say that reading this forum has been one of the most enlightening and interesting experiences that I've had. (As well as extremely helpful in finding support for CI's!)
I found your stories to be so inspiring that I just wanted to say to all of you that I have the utmost respect for you, not only for braving the potential backlash from the Deaf community, but also for the sheer amount of courage and dedication that it takes to have the surgery itself and then spend so much time learning and relearning how to explore your environment and work on your hearing and/or speech. I think its really amazing, and I wish you all the best of luck :)
 
Paradox said:
I'm not deaf and don't personally know anyone who is deaf. However, I've been writing a 15 page paper on Deaf culture, cochlear implants, etc etc etc. and I just wanted to say that reading this forum has been one of the most enlightening and interesting experiences that I've had. (As well as extremely helpful in finding support for CI's!)
I found your stories to be so inspiring that I just wanted to say to all of you that I have the utmost respect for you, not only for braving the potential backlash from the Deaf community, but also for the sheer amount of courage and dedication that it takes to have the surgery itself and then spend so much time learning and relearning how to explore your environment and work on your hearing and/or speech. I think its really amazing, and I wish you all the best of luck :)
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First of all best of luck on your paper. I do hope your paper is not a negative on the Deaf Culture or Community againist CIs. I hope you can see that at least from all the people I met that our choice for a CI is very personal. All of us have our reasons. I made my choice inorder to communicate better with my daughter. But it took around 5 years to make this choice. I remember discussing CIs with a friend 5 years ago.

It is alot of hard work, but so important to me. I am hearing sounds I have never heard before. I encourage you to visit blogs of members who have been discussing their progress.

We will answer most any question you have for us, just post it, but please be respectful to all members. We are working on trying to get to a common ground with all members.
 
Being a research paper, its very neutral and presents the arguments that many people use for as well as against CI's. I can see why it is a very important and personal decision, and what may lead someone to opt for or against the procedure. Like I said, I just think that the amount of courage that one must have in order to actually proceed with the procedure is amazing, and I really am impressed that people are able to make such a decision in the first place. I also think its really very impressive that you have a community in which you can discuss and share your thoughts and experiences about the procedure in such an open and helpful way :)
 
Paradox said:
Being a research paper, its very neutral and presents the arguments that many people use for as well as against CI's. I can see why it is a very important and personal decision, and what may lead someone to opt for or against the procedure. Like I said, I just think that the amount of courage that one must have in order to actually proceed with the procedure is amazing, and I really am impressed that people are able to make such a decision in the first place. I also think its really very impressive that you have a community in which you can discuss and share your thoughts and experiences about the procedure in such an open and helpful way :)
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Well thank you for that comment. Honestly it was not as much of a big deal for surgery as it was for the decision for CIs. It was the last step for me. I was not getting anything from HA and there was no hearing left for me. I did have to fight my insurance company for a year to get them to approve bilateral implants. The journey back to hearing has been a great time. I hear music, my daughter and my dog whin. Sounds that I never heard have come to life.

If you are interested in research check out the web site for let them hear at Let Them Hear Foundation They handled my insurance denials without cost. They are so amazing.
 
Since it seems to be a slow moment, I will share a CI moment. I took my daughter to a birthday party that was bowling party. The sounds - balls rolling, hitting pins, the sound the ball makes coming from the lane. I never knew the machine talks to you or makes sound when you get a strike.

I was also able to carry on a conversation with a parent while all this noise was going on. These parents have known me for years from the school and wanted to hear all about my CIs. One started to cry saying that she never knew. It was wonderful to be able to follow along with conversations and listen to little girls giggle in the background.
 
Vallee: That's awesome. People at my daughter's school asks me and talks to me openly about it. It's neat, the look on their face in awe when I explain about what I've gone thru & what I hear now compared to before with HA's. :)

I am excited that I can now go to my daughters friends' birthday parties and no longer have to worry to myself wondering how on earth I'd get thru it. lol. :)
 
deafmama78 said:
Vallee: That's awesome. People at my daughter's school asks me and talks to me openly about it. It's neat, the look on their face in awe when I explain about what I've gone thru & what I hear now compared to before with HA's. :)

[I]I am excited that I can now go to my daughters friends' birthday parties and no longer have to worry to myself wondering how on earth I'd get thru it.[/I] lol. :)
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So true. I used to worry about going to anything where I had to talk to others in a crowd. Now I'm the one asking them to the party. The nicest thing is knowing what is going on. I can talk to my daughter in the car, listen to music and oh the best enjoy a dinner out with hubby.

I noticed you have one CI, do you wear a hearing aid in the other ear or nothing?
 
I had a CI moment this weekend. I was walking my dog, Brandi, and I heard a siren as soon as I walked out the door. I was able to tell the direction long before I saw the sirens. Before CIs I would have to see the sirens first and maybe then hear the sound.
 
contradica said:
I am a little late but Valle you are having awesome moments!
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You had the best moment at the concert. I am so excited for you!!!! I'm going to take the jump and take my Jenna to the Hannah Montana concert that is showing in February at the movies. Three little girls + plus music = a priceless time
 
Vallee: Yep, since I have only one CI. I wore my HA in my non implanted side but I pretty much have went days and weeks without it since about 8 wks after being activated. Now, I haven't even worn it since the last time I went up north & don't plan to. I am even planning on making an appt after I see my audiologist in January for my next mapping to get things rollin' to go ahead and get my 2nd CI!!! :)

I noticed you have one CI, do you wear a hearing aid in the other ear or nothing?[/QUOTE]
 
deafmama78 said:
Vallee: Yep, since I have only one CI. I wore my HA in my non implanted side but I pretty much have went days and weeks without it since about 8 wks after being activated. Now, I haven't even worn it since the last time I went up north & don't plan to. I am even planning on making an appt after I see my audiologist in January for my next mapping to get things rollin' to go ahead and get my 2nd CI!!! :)

I noticed you have one CI, do you wear a hearing aid in the other ear or nothing?
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I wear 2 AB Harmony. I had to wait a year until my bilateral was approved. I don't think I could do one. I love the way two let me hear. Good luck getting the 2nd one. It really adds something that words can't describe.

Contr - has one CI and HA
 
deafmama78 said:
Vallee: ...It's neat, the look on their face in awe when I explain about what I've gone thru & what I hear now compared to before with HA's...
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As a life-long HA user now seriously contemplating CI, I currently yearn for information from other CI users that compares sounds before, with HA, and sounds now, with CI. Such information has been challenging to unearth. As a matter of fact, this might make a good new topic in order to begin a new thread so that anyone who can describe HA-to-CI sound comparisons can do so.
 
Ruminator said:
As a life-long HA user now seriously contemplating CI, I currently yearn for information from other CI users that compares sounds before, with HA, and sounds now, with CI. Such information has been challenging to unearth. As a matter of fact, this might make a good new topic in order to begin a new thread so that anyone who can describe HA-to-CI sound comparisons can do so.
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Hi, there; if you look around in all the nooks and crannies here, you will find an absolute superabundance of that which you seek. Have fun!
 
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