Residual Hearing possible?!

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From reading a lot of people's experiences and how they lose residual hearing after they got implanted, I totally expected that I would not be able to hear ANYTHING out of my left (which is fine and dandy by me).

However....

I decided to try putting my left hearing aids in...JUST for the heck of it and see if I turn up the volume very loud, would I still be able to hear it.
Well...guess what. The volume is on low, and I STILL CAN HEAR just the same as before I was implanted.

Now....this is making me worry a little bit. I've read in many places that it would take a blow in the head to really move the electrodes. I'm sure my surgeon has tested the electrodes. I know for a fact that there's an implant there due to xray and magnet test.

Having said that, I read online that there's some new tech surgery that there is a way that when implanting the electrodes, the patient will still have some residual hearing. I wonder if my surgeon did the same technique. :hmm:

Anyone else have this experience? If not...hmm, I guess it's worth mentioning to my surgeon! :)
 
Hi my daughter was implanted 6 years ago and she did not lose her hearing in that ear. We asked the aud about it and she said that most people but not all people so they rather tell you that you will because you probable would. Everything is OK don't worry about it.


LadySekhmet said:
From reading a lot of people's experiences and how they lose residual hearing after they got implanted, I totally expected that I would not be able to hear ANYTHING out of my left (which is fine and dandy by me).

However....

I decided to try putting my left hearing aids in...JUST for the heck of it and see if I turn up the volume very loud, would I still be able to hear it.
Well...guess what. The volume is on low, and I STILL CAN HEAR just the same as before I was implanted.

Now....this is making me worry a little bit. I've read in many places that it would take a blow in the head to really move the electrodes. I'm sure my surgeon has tested the electrodes. I know for a fact that there's an implant there due to xray and magnet test.

Having said that, I read online that there's some new tech surgery that there is a way that when implanting the electrodes, the patient will still have some residual hearing. I wonder if my surgeon did the same technique. :hmm:

Anyone else have this experience? If not...hmm, I guess it's worth mentioning to my surgeon! :)
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Maybe it is the shorter electrode array that makes it possible to preserve residual hearing. From what I've heard, there's one array that's like 24 inches and another that's like 10-12 inches long.......????
 
LadySekhmet said:
From reading a lot of people's experiences and how they lose residual hearing after they got implanted, I totally expected that I would not be able to hear ANYTHING out of my left (which is fine and dandy by me).

However....

I decided to try putting my left hearing aids in...JUST for the heck of it and see if I turn up the volume very loud, would I still be able to hear it.
Well...guess what. The volume is on low, and I STILL CAN HEAR just the same as before I was implanted.

Now....this is making me worry a little bit. I've read in many places that it would take a blow in the head to really move the electrodes. I'm sure my surgeon has tested the electrodes. I know for a fact that there's an implant there due to xray and magnet test.

Having said that, I read online that there's some new tech surgery that there is a way that when implanting the electrodes, the patient will still have some residual hearing. I wonder if my surgeon did the same technique. :hmm:

Anyone else have this experience? If not...hmm, I guess it's worth mentioning to my surgeon! :)
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I still have residual hearing.

Michael Chorost

he wrote about the electrodes

you must have had a great surgeon to keep your hearing. Way to go.

How do you feel?
 
Yes, it's actually not too unusual to still have residual hearing after implantion. But then again, its not too common either.
 
vallee said:
I still have residual hearing.

Michael Chorost

he wrote about the electrodes

you must have had a great surgeon to keep your hearing. Way to go.

How do you feel?
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LOL!! All i can say is...THANK Goodness I'm not the only one. I'll have to check out Chorost's site. I just found that very bizarre because I have 6 or 7 friends have CI, and they ALL say they lost their residual hearing...I'm the only one that has the Freedom Implant.

How I feel now? Great! Feels like I'm back to normal!
 
ahh you're lucky lol my residual hearing is totally gone in left ear lol i used to be able to hear if i bang object hard on table with my ear next to table before i get implanted and now i cant hear it anymore im totally deaf as post i cant hear if jet engine is right next to my left ear its funny
 
Tousi said:
Maybe it is the shorter electrode array that makes it possible to preserve residual hearing. From what I've heard, there's one array that's like 24 inches and another that's like 10-12 inches long.......????
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24 inches?! I don't think so. I think you meant 24 mm. :)
 
As for me when I got implanted, I lost all of my residual hearing in my left ear. I've heard of others who didn't lose their hearing when they got implanted.
 
As for why one person loses residual hearing while another doesn't, I think it has to do with depth of electrode insertion (i.e. placement).
 
Tousi said:
Maybe it is the shorter electrode array that makes it possible to preserve residual hearing. From what I've heard, there's one array that's like 24 inches and another that's like 10-12 inches long.......????
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Statements like this really explain the old saying "In one ear and out the other..." :D
 
So that is what is sticking out of my ears! Wow, thought is was just left over stitches. Guess I better not pull it out!

I think some more of my residual hearing is coming back. Call me strange, just seems to be picking up more sounds without my CIs the last few weeks. Scary - I heard my husband snore the other night.
 
Tousi said:
Maybe it is the shorter electrode array that makes it possible to preserve residual hearing. From what I've heard, there's one array that's like 24 inches and another that's like 10-12 inches long.......????
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Yeppers. The short array can preserve residual hearing in the lower frequencies, but how much is usually determined by whether or not the patient had useful residual hearing in the lower ranges prior to implantation. While some residual hearing is preserved, it is not generally the same as prior to implantation.
 
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