Profoundly deaf - anyone like me, have CI?

drphil said:
The actual reality at Sunnybrook/Toronto not exactly as "discussed" here. I suspect similar results at other centres. It is easy to key on computers however one's condition:"deafness" is very specific for each person which ENT doctors must deal with.

Abstract discussion in ideology-notwithstanding.
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It was just that I had a discussion with a poster who claimed CI issues were 1 in 1000.

I claimed it was closer to 1 in 100.

Thennnn another poster came in with a research showing 1 in 60.

And you came in and say that stuff, 1 in 53.

It all just shows how people are willing to downplay things.
 
It is more likely sometime in 2012, but I have to do balance testing and MRI/CT scan on the 5th of January 2012 and after that, we'll find out when the surgery date is. :)
 
drphil said:
An update from Sunnybrook/Toronto to Sept/11. Patients interviewed-3000, implanted 950 and only 18 have had their Implant removed. The time frame almost 20 years.
The meeting was last week.

Implanted A B Harmony activated Aug/07
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drphil said:
The actual reality at Sunnybrook/Toronto not exactly as "discussed" here. I suspect similar results at other centres. It is easy to key on computers however one's condition:"deafness" is very specific for each person which ENT doctors must deal with.

Abstract discussion in ideology-notwithstanding.

Implanted A B Harmony activated Aug/07
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Wrong thread? I the thread your looking is:
http://www.alldeaf.com/hearing-aids...285-my-friends-person-already-remove-c-i.html
 
Finally, here'ss an update - a brief update.

after a few postponing, My CTScan, MRI scan and balance testing has been appointed and I will definitely be going, in Sydney next thursday.

Will update you after and then further discussion with my audi, on the 02/21/2012
 
I have been reading through the thread. Now I am so much interested to know how your life will be after CI and how your hearing will be.

Good Luck :wave:
 
Does anyone here know first hand if CI helps or can eliminate loud head noises?
 
cdmeggers said:
if you're talking of tinnitus, sometimes the CI does help get rid of tinnitus, but not always.
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I lost all my hearing overnight due to a severe illness. Since then I have had a very loud brutal noise 24/7. Enough to drive me crazy. I don't know if the noise is coming from my ears or brain. My brain was very swollen during this illness. So now that I might be a canidate for CI I need to know. If CI helps I will do it. If not then its not worth the risk to me.
 
Angle1989 said:
I lost all my hearing overnight due to a severe illness. Since then I have had a very loud brutal noise 24/7. Enough to drive me crazy. I don't know if the noise is coming from my ears or brain. My brain was very swollen during this illness. So now that I might be a canidate for CI I need to know. If CI helps I will do it. If not then its not worth the risk to me.
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Most of those who got CI got rid of Tinnitus.
 
But I've heard of people whose tinnitus got far worse after a CI. Some got explanted for that reason. I know one here on this board has, and another is waiting on doctor appointments/surgery. I think it's hard to know which way it's going to go.
 
Another update - all scans complete. Tentative date for surgery is 23rd May 2012.
 
Update - the tentative surgery last year was postponed and I was placed in waiting list since September 2012 and the good news is today, that I have been contacted and I am now scheduled for the confirmed right ear CI surgery, on Friday, 21st June 2013 :mrgreen:
 
Futher details - Switch on day is on 3rd July, @2pm AEST
 
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