Thankyou so much for getting back to me. We are in Western Australia so am guessing most of you are in America - it is so hard to find a supportive site like this over here. Currently we have been to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist who is saying that he would prefer to implant the right ear however its the audiologists who are saying it just wouldnt work because she has never heard with the right ear. I have made an appointment for her (because she is finding it so difficult to talk on the phone and converse with people in noisy offices and rooms) with the Lions Institute for Hearing on the 8th March...and hoping she will be able to give them enough feedback on how the hearing aid's only apparent function so far is to give her one on one conversations.
Can you tell me if any of you can have group conversations with implants or hearing aids or hear music with these devices over time and the brain becomming accustomed to its new way of hearing? Her hearing loss in the left ear was sudden - 2 weeks before xmas. Just woke up one morning and it was gone. An MRI showed no obvious cause. They are telling us at the audiologists where they have given her a hearing aid on loan for now that she will prob never be able to sit around a table and have group conversations with her friends again. They have also given her a hearing aid with a music button on it for listening......we tried that out and she said she could tell it was music but couldnt tell what song was playing....(I had put on one of her favourites)...it was still just noise.
What is the quality of implants and how long approx to rehabilitate after implantation?
I just dont know that we are getting all the info we need which is why I am asking here and keeping that appointment in march with the institute for hearing.
I appreciate any info you can give me so much.....I am going to ask her to join here as well because I can see you have a wonderful support network going on here.
Thankyou thankyou thankyou
