Oh that sounds promising! I have worn ha in both ears most of my life,now they just dont work well at all,im about 5% speech recognition in both ears,will get the implant in my left and continue to wear ha in right,i pray i do as well as you that would be so wonderful!
Oh yes,i am very hopefull for a good outcome,i guess it is so very very important to me to be able to hear again,to hear my grandchildren and understand what they are saying to me,and to hear in conversations and be able to actually take part, hopefully hear even some of the sounds that i no longer hear and havent for some time now. I guess i just want things to turn out the way i would like it too and so afraid that it wont,guess i have been let down in so many ways in my life,im always waiting for the worst to happen!
That is true!
Wow,im so very happy for the twins! My hearing got much much worse in the last 10 yrs or so,so yes i did grow up hearing ok not great, but ok,so from what ur saying my chances of hearing and understanding after the implant will be pretty good!!! That sounds pretty awesome for you also with loosing hearing so young,you have given me so much hope,thank you!! Yes i know all about the texting that is pretty much how i communicate myself,i text everyone and thats it,no phone calls
Progressive loss folks do have a huge advantage with being very good users of the CI. There's no guarentees, but yes chances are good you'll get a lot of use out of it.
Oh i do hope so very much,you have given me hope that this will work out ok then!! Thanks!!
I grew up wearing a single hearing aid from the age of 3 until the age of 48. My "other" ear was unaidable. At age 48, i got a CI in my aided ear with excellent results. At age 49, I got a CI in my "other" ear, with a different kind of result - I can hear things in that ear for the first time, although I'm not (on it's own) able to understand speech with it. I'm continuing to rehab that ear. Even if I never am able to understand speech with that ear alone, it still adds so much to my hearing (no "head shadow" effect, much better sounding music, etc) that I consider it a resounding success.
The ear I didn't wear a HA in wasn't completely deaf, but it was considered unaidable.
Oh ok,i understand!
That sounds wonderful! Yes its a no brainer for me also, i want to hear again! I had my surgery on the 9th,its pretty uncomfortable to say the least,i stay pretty dopey with the pain meds and sleep a lot. My ear is ringing something fearce at the moment,that is rather anoying! Im not very good with not being able to do much cause im pretty hyper,but will not risk messing anything up! Thanjs for your awesome story,im so glad things have gone so well for you,i sure hope it does for me as well!! Thanks for shareing with me!!
