yeap, random weird sounds I probably would hear with the implant, but I'm sure it'll take me a while before I recognize anything as I haven't heard anything with the left ear in oohh 15ish years, no hearing aid in left ear for 15 years, etc. Left ear is 100% deaf, there's no ossification or blockage, so we'll see what happens. Hopefully sometime this week I'll find out more on the appeal to Medicaid, see if it worked out. I also sent a message to our state Medicaid/health department, requesting they double-check their implant coverage for adults guidelines and do some research on what a cochlear implant does, explaining how their "patient must have no means of communicating to make medical or personal needs known" clause truly does not fit in with the rest of their cochlear implants coverage guidelines. So hopefully that'll make a difference somehow too.
