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DeafLissa90 said:
I'm so confused here, because today's results are so much better than 2003's at some frequencies? Anybody any idea why??

2003 results were

75db- 250Hz
95db-500Hz
115db-1000hz
115-db-2000hz
No Response at 120db-4000hz
No Response at 100db-8000hz
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It isn't uncommon for your thresholds to improve the longer you've had your CI. This was definitely the case for me. When my initial CI was activated, I heard between 35-40 dB. I now hear between 15-30 dB (low and middle frequencies only).
 
No, sorry I didnt make it clearer. The results I posted are my unaided hearing in my non-CI ear.
today the results were
250HZ-90
500Hz-90
1000hz-100
2000hz-110db
4000hz-NR at 120.

noticed the difference?
 
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Thanks for posting your results, DeafLissa90. On my own old audiometer(only goes to 110db), I get:

125Hz: 55db, 65db
250Hz: 70db, 70db
500Hz: 85db, 90db
750Hz: 105db, 110db
1000Hz: NR at 110db(assume 115db, can hear 1000Hz aided.)
NR at 1000Hz to 8000Hz

My right ear is slightly better across the board. I have very little, if any hearing above 1000Hz. The piano thud test confirms this as well as a home test using tone generators unaided and aided.

There's new audiometers that go to 125db HL, even 130db HL. I asked my audiologist this and he says regular audiometers don't go above 120db HL but special ones go to 130db HL and there might even be one that goes to 135db HL but he isn't sure. Those super powerful audiometers are for special testing and a Google search shows something about cochlear dead regions and decruitment. Very interesting. I guess that's one of the purposes of testing at 125db or even 130db.
 
DeafLissa90 said:
No, sorry I didnt make it clearer. The results I posted are my unaided hearing in my non-CI ear.
today the results were
250HZ-90
500Hz-90
1000hz-100
2000hz-110db
4000hz-NR at 120.

noticed the difference?
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Perhaps the second audi who tested your hearing performed a more thorough audiogram?

Aside from that, I have no idea why your unaided hearing would improve. :dunno:
 
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This is my audiogram results from today, I posted these results earlier.

I was quite surprised today as I got more information than I would usually have. But my favourite audiologist was there even though she was just overseeing as I think the audi who tested me was new
 
For those who are blind:

Her audiogram appears to show the following:

250Hz: 85db(the circle is between the 80db and 90db line)
500Hz: 90db(the circle is a bit further down)
1000Hz: 105db(again, between 100db and 110db)
2000Hz: 110db(the circle is a bit further down)
4000Hz: NR at 115db(looks like this audiometer is capable of up to 115db at this frequency. She however has been tested on other audiometers and got NR at 120db anyway.)

My own hearing test back in March, the audiometer that was used goes down to 120db between 750Hz and 2000Hz. At 3000Hz and 4000Hz, it is capable of up to 115db which was a NR for me. Aided, of course I didn't respond above 2000Hz either and at 2000Hz, it was at 65db aided.
 
deafdude1 said:
For those who are blind:

Her audiogram appears to show the following:

250Hz: 85db(the circle is between the 80db and 90db line)
500Hz: 90db(the circle is a bit further down)
1000Hz: 105db(again, between 100db and 110db)
2000Hz: 110db(the circle is a bit further down)
4000Hz: NR at 115db(looks like this audiometer is capable of up to 115db at this frequency. She however has been tested on other audiometers and got NR at 120db anyway.)

My own hearing test back in March, the audiometer that was used goes down to 120db between 750Hz and 2000Hz. At 3000Hz and 4000Hz, it is capable of up to 115db which was a NR for me. Aided, of course I didn't respond above 2000Hz either and at 2000Hz, it was at 65db aided.
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:ty: for the description deafdude. :)
 
Melissa, there is a margin of error in professional pure tone audiography, which is what you had. It is generally estimated as 5-10 dB, though sources I read vary in their estimation. Your changes are certainly within that margin of error. The literature also reports that home and computer based audiography is notoriously unreliable and cannot be used for monitoring or measuring changes accurately.

Given the margin of error, your hearing loss is probably in fact pretty stable. As others have said, discuss this more in depth with your audiologist.
 
What? Lol, im sorry I dont really get what you mean? You mean they test me wrong?
 
No, they tested you correctly.

There are a lot of things that change between tests. Machine variations, booth changes, atmospheric pressure changes, your health and level of alertness, etc etc.

Because things change, it is normal that your audiogram will change from one time to the next. If the change is small (like less than 10 dB), it may be from the changes I mentioned. Small changes may not mean your hearing itself has changed.

Is that clearer? Sorry about the doctor-speak. Occupational hazard.
 
deafdude may be confusing some ADers based on his frequent comparisons between his audiometer at home vs. his audi's.
 
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