How long did it take for you all to go through your CI assessment?
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I believe we started talking to audiologists in April and she had surgery in November.
Our first offical "CI appointment" was August 27th.
MRI was Sept. 5th
Surgeon appointment was Sept 16th
Ordered Device Sep 24th
Sugery date was suppoed to be Oct. 16th but it got bumped back
Pre-op was Oct 30th
Surgery was Nov. 3rd
Our first offical "CI appointment" was August 27th.
MRI was Sept. 5th
Surgeon appointment was Sept 16th
Ordered Device Sep 24th
Sugery date was suppoed to be Oct. 16th but it got bumped back
Pre-op was Oct 30th
Surgery was Nov. 3rd
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Mine was even shorter.
For my Left - I had to wait until insurance was effective on Jan 1st 2008. Saw my audiologist in Novemeber, got approved that day. Saw my surgeon on Jan 3rd, got the surgery the next week.
For my right - Two days.
For my Left - I had to wait until insurance was effective on Jan 1st 2008. Saw my audiologist in Novemeber, got approved that day. Saw my surgeon on Jan 3rd, got the surgery the next week.
For my right - Two days.
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Intital Appt 15th Jan.
Assessment, all Feb
April - Approval
May - funding Approved
July 16th Opreation.
Assessment, all Feb
April - Approval
May - funding Approved
July 16th Opreation.
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I know few people waited on average of 2 years, I expected to be implanted in year 2010! but got it within 7 months.
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Mine was even shorter.
For my Left - I had to wait until insurance was effective on Jan 1st 2008. Saw my audiologist in Novemeber, got approved that day. Saw my surgeon on Jan 3rd, got the surgery the next week.
For my right - Two days.
Holy shit, only two days? You win the trophy for the fastest CI assessment progress ever!
How the hell did you manage to arrange a CI surgery in a matter of 48 hours? You probably win the Guinness World Record for the fastest non-emergency surgery arrangement ever! LOL! And Also for the fastest CI assessment on your right ear!!!
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Mine was even shorter.
For my Left - I had to wait until insurance was effective on Jan 1st 2008. Saw my audiologist in Novemeber, got approved that day. Saw my surgeon on Jan 3rd, got the surgery the next week.
For my right - Two days.
It was probably 2 days for your right because they probably scanned and tested your right ear with your left and still had then on record!
Still incredible though!
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- First appointment was September 5th 2006
- CT Scan was on September 11th
- Evaluation with CI surgeon and CI audiologist was on September 12th, was approved to get a CI by them that day
- Got the word for CI surgery approval from insurance on September 14th
- Appointment to pick out which brand of CI I wanted on September 22nd (I picked Nucleus Freedom)
- CI surgery was originally arranged for September 27th but was postponed
- CI surgery was done and implanted on October 11th on my left ear
- Activated on October 16th 2006 (could have been October 12th as they typically activate people the day after surgery but I asked them to hold off for a few days so I wouldn't have to ride the bus all the way across town the day after surgery)
So the whole thing was only a little over a month from start to finish!
The surgery originally arranged for September 27th was postponed because my fiance had a kidney stone he needed to pass first. Fortunately he passed it before October 11th. I just did not want him to be in pain while taking care of me after the surgery.
You can read all about my CI candidacy progress in my thread, the link to that thread is the first one in my signature. Enjoy!
- CT Scan was on September 11th
- Evaluation with CI surgeon and CI audiologist was on September 12th, was approved to get a CI by them that day
- Got the word for CI surgery approval from insurance on September 14th
- Appointment to pick out which brand of CI I wanted on September 22nd (I picked Nucleus Freedom)
- CI surgery was originally arranged for September 27th but was postponed
- CI surgery was done and implanted on October 11th on my left ear
- Activated on October 16th 2006 (could have been October 12th as they typically activate people the day after surgery but I asked them to hold off for a few days so I wouldn't have to ride the bus all the way across town the day after surgery)
So the whole thing was only a little over a month from start to finish!
The surgery originally arranged for September 27th was postponed because my fiance had a kidney stone he needed to pass first. Fortunately he passed it before October 11th. I just did not want him to be in pain while taking care of me after the surgery.
You can read all about my CI candidacy progress in my thread, the link to that thread is the first one in my signature. Enjoy!
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Yeah, well, it depends on what country you are in and the type of insurance you are on and the time of the year you begin your candidacy process. I live in the US and I am on Medicaid and Medicare so my approval process was VERY fast. I did not even think it would be this quick because the insurances I am on are government assistance insurances (the government pays for everything) but my surgeon said that I began my candidacy process at the perfect time because of something about it being almost the beginning of a new fiscal/financial year and therefore it would be quicker and easier to get approval from Medicaid and Medicare in this case.
Mine was even shorter.
For my Left - I had to wait until insurance was effective on Jan 1st 2008. Saw my audiologist in Novemeber, got approved that day. Saw my surgeon on Jan 3rd, got the surgery the next week.
For my right - Two days.
I am serious, Guiness world records should have an entry for the best CI result. You got a CI the fastest, you got the best CI results ever, you kept your residual hearing in both ears, you hear the highest and lowest frequencies(40Hz to 15KHz) ever, etc, etc!
I wonder if 10 years from now, average CI results will finally be as good as yours? Your CI results appear to be at least 10 years ahead of it's time!
Your result is something that would definately make even me happy and be better than my HAs at even the low frequencies!LadySekhmet
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LOL at everyone's posts.
When I had my left done, I asked to have it done as soon as possible due to the fact that I was starting school at the end of January and wanted to recover. My CI surgeon is NOT just a CI surgeon...she does complicated surgeries regarding to the ear, nose and throat. If I held off the surgery one more week...I would have been on MTV: True Life: I'm Deaf. Damn it...but I wanted to be sure to give myself time to recover. It was my first major surgery since 6 years old (tonsils..not exactly THAT major).
When I was considering of getting my second one, my CI audiologist already knew how well I was doing with my left and she has assessed both ears prior my left implantations. So, I was already a candidate for both ears.
I emailed my surgeon in the middle of April, little did I know that she was in the Philippines doing some charity work (surgeries!) for the poor rural areas. She finally got back to me on May 12th at night and asked if I still want to try to get my right done on May 15th (my mom had the day off, so it was just perfect timing to schedule that day, plus I was moving to Las Vegas, unsure if I was moving in June or July, so I wanted to be activated in NJ prior moving). I said, "Yep!" I saw her the next day, had my blood test done and EKG on Wednesday from my doctor. No need to do any of the scans as it did both ears.
Ta da!
I also think it's because I had both surgeries within such a short time of each other - 4 months, so I didn't really need to do a lot of the pre-surgery assessments. I was seeing my audiologist often as well (which I find sad for some of you that only see your audi very few times since activation).
I did have to wait a month before activation for both ears. :P
Deafdude1 - the primary reason why I still have my residual hearing is because my surgeon took a long time to insert the electrodes. Some surgeries are quicker, and you'll see that these people lost their residual hearing. I can't really hear squat anyways. It's nice to know that I still have my residual hearing JUST IN CASE (god forbid), if something happened to my implants.
When I had my left done, I asked to have it done as soon as possible due to the fact that I was starting school at the end of January and wanted to recover. My CI surgeon is NOT just a CI surgeon...she does complicated surgeries regarding to the ear, nose and throat. If I held off the surgery one more week...I would have been on MTV: True Life: I'm Deaf. Damn it...but I wanted to be sure to give myself time to recover. It was my first major surgery since 6 years old (tonsils..not exactly THAT major).
When I was considering of getting my second one, my CI audiologist already knew how well I was doing with my left and she has assessed both ears prior my left implantations. So, I was already a candidate for both ears.
I emailed my surgeon in the middle of April, little did I know that she was in the Philippines doing some charity work (surgeries!) for the poor rural areas. She finally got back to me on May 12th at night and asked if I still want to try to get my right done on May 15th (my mom had the day off, so it was just perfect timing to schedule that day, plus I was moving to Las Vegas, unsure if I was moving in June or July, so I wanted to be activated in NJ prior moving). I said, "Yep!" I saw her the next day, had my blood test done and EKG on Wednesday from my doctor. No need to do any of the scans as it did both ears.
Ta da!
I also think it's because I had both surgeries within such a short time of each other - 4 months, so I didn't really need to do a lot of the pre-surgery assessments. I was seeing my audiologist often as well (which I find sad for some of you that only see your audi very few times since activation).
I did have to wait a month before activation for both ears. :P
Deafdude1 - the primary reason why I still have my residual hearing is because my surgeon took a long time to insert the electrodes. Some surgeries are quicker, and you'll see that these people lost their residual hearing. I can't really hear squat anyways. It's nice to know that I still have my residual hearing JUST IN CASE (god forbid), if something happened to my implants.
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over a year and half so far. I had the initial hearing evaluation in September of 2007. Then I got sidetracked for a long while since then, and recently got back on track again. May 5 appointment for another hearing test, and to see doctor about the CT scan results. Then from there, hopefully I'll be able to continue on with the CI process.
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I am serious, Guiness world records should have an entry for the best CI result. You got a CI the fastest, you got the best CI results ever, you kept your residual hearing in both ears, you hear the highest and lowest frequencies(40Hz to 15KHz) ever, etc, etc!
I wonder if 10 years from now, average CI results will finally be as good as yours? Your CI results appear to be at least 10 years ahead of it's time!
You keep saying that the people here's results are not typical, but you have yet to show us where you got the figure for 40 db.
I had my appointment with the audiologist June 6, 2006
CAT scan June 6, 2006
CI surgeron visit June 6, 2006
My first visit was around 8 AM, I knew by 3:00 I was approved.
I had to fight insurance for a year for bilateral approval. My insurance did not cover bilateral implants even with my scores.
After approval I had to wait a month for surgery, July 19, 2007 and activation August 8, 2007.
CAT scan June 6, 2006
CI surgeron visit June 6, 2006
My first visit was around 8 AM, I knew by 3:00 I was approved.
I had to fight insurance for a year for bilateral approval. My insurance did not cover bilateral implants even with my scores.
After approval I had to wait a month for surgery, July 19, 2007 and activation August 8, 2007.
Maybe I am wrong and the average is somewhat better than 40db. I am now seeing too many people here getting better than 40db. I also read some CI blogs and they are getting 40db in some frequencies but in others it's 30db, even 25db! So yea the average could be 25db-40db(depending on frequency) instead of 40db straight across all frequencies. Even my source(search on Google for CI case studies) shows some people getting 25db-40db.
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AND you have seen tons of people here with 15-25 db, where do they factor in??