I loathe the tests done with an implant. When I had to go in for a remapping, then the discrimination and other tests, I called it going into a torture chamber. I erred the first time and had my partner come in for part of it and the sound level drove her nuts and she got out of the room politely but as quickly as she could. She hears. I don't. I goofed. Lesson learned.
I also messed around with the testing because I thought the testing and results were really flawed. I also couldn't get a straight answer as to how the testing worked. I had the baseline and other mappings and then, since I couldn't tell which sound was louder than the other two, I hit the same number for the entire test and did well per the audiologist. There was something about the testing that made absolutely no sense. It wasn't scientific and it gave me a somewhat valid reason to conclude there's something wrong with how they're testing. That's not true for non-CI audiograms. Was what I did a fluke? No. The program or at least the audiology department at the hospital is really good and has an established and good reputation.
I think all this goes back to an earlier thread. Now, I'm posing it as a question. We know the psychological testing varies depending on where you go. Are the tests for an implant all the same or do they vary, too?
