Silenced again...

sonocativo said:
My main issue is, I sweat like a pig and the BTE aids get soaked, these are supposed to be water proof but the contacts inside still corrode. I am worried that the cochlear processors will have the same issue as well? Yes, I will probly be seeing another audiologist since Im pretty much out of his league now I suppose, although I do like him, he has cleared alot of hurdles with getting certain aids for me. I have had AITE, ITC aids and since using the latest BTE I can no longer hear with the old aids... Just to show how much worst my hearing has gotten in 2 years. I wish i knew more people who knew ASL so I can hone my skills and communications, but sadly Im alone here. I love to hear but getting so frustrated with trying to please everyone when they know its a lost cause for me to hear everything they say.

As far as the tele-coils, these do not have them, just the way its made so there is more room for amplification/electronics. They have 4 settings but were all turned off since they wouldnt make any differences to what I could hear, all the past aids had settings as well for voice/music/noisey environments and standard...they never made a difference to me and these were all digital. I can put ear buds in on my MP3 player and crank it to 30 (max level) and barely hear it ...while everyone else sits around saying it is loud and they can hear it across the room.
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Reason why you don't have telecoil is coz you don't use the most powerful hearing aids and your aids are tiny. You will properly hear a lot more with more powerful hearing aids like the Naida UP. No CI centre should/would accept people who are not wearing the most powerful hearing aids. They will turn round and say get hearing aids that actually work for you.

To get a CI, you need to be gaining very little from the most powerful HAs. 50% or less speech with most insurance companies.
 
Use Ear Gear is you sweat loads.

I climb and mountain bike with my Naidas and haven't killed them. I also use a dry and store box every night.

If you look after them, then moisture won't be a problem.

www.gearforears.com
 
Audiofuzzy said:
Oh come on!
are you aware you need batteries for CI as well???

This is not the HA vs CI matter. this is simple BUY ENOUGH SPARE BATTERIES
so you'll never run out of them matter.
Don't be a child...

Fuzzy
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I got batteries, i keep a pack in my wallet and 2 boxes at home, so wherever youre getting this battery thing from, I think you need some and go relax. Did you not see where I stated Changed them?
 
Well, a couple days ago my hearing aid batteries went out so I decided to clean them as well as change the batteries....well, after all said and done, I put them on and they stopped working again (just the left one) but it affect how I hear and still almost like not wearing anything at all, it doesnt matter if its right or left, I still cant hear with just one...its odd I know.
Anyways I have been in a world of silence the past 2 days.
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so, how about that??

perhaps you should express yourself clearer, then.

Fuzzy
 
Audiofuzzy said:
Last but not least - free backyard psychotherapist friendly advice :)


You are using your breaking down HAs as an excuse for wanting to go CI route,
obviously.
You are however, too afraid of "what if" to firmly plant your foot ON this road.

Well, my friend, no amount of analyzing and wondering will substitute simply
DOING IT.
No way no how.

What you have to do, you have to make a decision - YES or NO.

Make an appointment, talk to the doctor first to find out if you even qualify.
If you qualify, that probably 90% mean you will be satisfied because, simply,
that's what qualify means in your case - no ?

Whether or not you will hear"normally" - who cares?
what matter is that you will hear better than thru what you actually have.
Isn't it enough?
:)

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Fuzzy
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Im not using anything as an excuse to get CI, good god you need to read this thread a little better.
 
NaidaUP said:
Reason why you don't have telecoil is coz you don't use the most powerful hearing aids and your aids are tiny. You will properly hear a lot more with more powerful hearing aids like the Naida UP. No CI centre should/would accept people who are not wearing the most powerful hearing aids. They will turn round and say get hearing aids that actually work for you.

To get a CI, you need to be gaining very little from the most powerful HAs. 50% or less speech with most insurance companies.
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No, My last pair had telecoils and didnt help much either, when I went back to them as a backup pair, I couldnt hear hardly anything since my hearing has gotten so much worst. These aids I have now are right at 2 years, but were replaced and reset just a few months back... already dead again.
 
Audiofuzzy said:
so, how about that??

perhaps you should express yourself clearer, then.

Fuzzy
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How about it? They beep when the batteries are low, then shut off awhile later. So during the process I cleaned the hearing aids ( the vents, changed filters, changed batteries ) then after putting them back on the left one went out. I swapped batteries to see if the battery was bad, nope, still didnt work, so its the aid. It was out awhile back and after messing with it, I got it working again but it finally bit the dust. I have another post on here about that, it was around christmas or new years I believe. So, is this any clearer for you?
 
sonocativo said:
Im not using anything as an excuse to get CI, good god you need to read this thread a little better.
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yes, you do.
and you need to learn to take some constructive criticism, too.

Ever since you came onto this board - which is otherwise good to have you as you are very talented and interested person,
I like to read your other posts expecially -
but ever since your arrival you drone on and on how your HAS are failing and failing and how you wonder if it would be better for you to have CI instead.

One don't have to be exactly Einstein to figure that one out - it's pretty
obvious you wrestle with what to do- HAS or CI? HAs or CI? CI? CI? CI?

"My HA failed.. I went few days in total silence...I can't hear my kids, my voice, my.......xyz... .
Should I get CI? would I hear better with CI?? cause my HAs are not enough for me... I wonder if I will hear better thru CI... hmm.. "

I am NOT mocking you. I am trying to help you see how in your case,
one is connected to the other, and to make a decision.

Fuzzy
 
sonocativo said:
How about it? They beep when the batteries are low, then shut off awhile later. So during the process I cleaned the hearing aids ( the vents, changed filters, changed batteries ) then after putting them back on the left one went out. I swapped batteries to see if the battery was bad, nope, still didnt work, so its the aid. It was out awhile back and after messing with it, I got it working again but it finally bit the dust. I have another post on here about that, it was around christmas or new years I believe. So, is this any clearer for you?
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A little bit, yes, thank you. Is it an old HAs or a new one? How old are they?

Fuzzy
 
The reasons I am asking you all as members is, this is all new to me with CI, I want to know the first hand pros and cons of the CI's. The doctors will tell you anything to put a pretty penny in their pockets. They on the other hand cant tell you anything by personal experiences like those who actually have them. Would you take a trip by plane if you knew an auto mechanic worked on it with no aviation experience? My Point is, I want to know how YOU felt, YOUR experiences and YOUR arguements of the CI experience if you were satisfied or dis-satified with them, did they meet your expectations? I know everyone is different and will have different experiences.

I had 2 spinal surgeries, A buddy of mine and a friend of his had spinal surgery as well, All different experiences. Yes, we all had pain, My buddys friend had surgery simular to mine just different levels, Now my buddy...He flatlined on the table.
So we all had our pros and cons in experiences although they were different surgeries, Mine have helped drastically, my buddy still has problems and his friend is still recovering...just as a general idea.
I have watched videos on the surgeries for CI, its what they have to do. And I know everything has to have a BATTERY to work, I am just asking everyone did it help you a little, better than before or a major difference? What was your overall experience with recovery and from the day they were activated til now with your hearing experiences.
 
Audiofuzzy said:
A little bit, yes, thank you. Is it an old HAs or a new one? How old are they?

Fuzzy
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They were supposedly replaced the last time I took them in, I think they werent, 2 years max, but if replaced about 6 month ( under warranty condition) now out of warranty.

And no, theres no excuse, the doctor has told me, several in fact including my audiologist that I need CI. I have just been putting it off going to the specialist about the CI as I am nervous about it yes. Not because Im looking for attention or whatever you are making it out to sound like, I am looking for answers from others and their experience. I hated the BTE aids, but lately I got used to them, I opt'd for the ITC aids for as long as I could til they did me no good anymore due to lack of power that I needed.
HA's are expensive, these were $3500, and CI I know is out there on the prices along with the surgery. I know its irreversable and that its not always for everyone, but I know the doctors cant tell you from experience like someone who has them and thats what Im looking for.
 
sonocativo said:
The reasons I am asking you all as members is, this is all new to me with CI, I want to know the first hand pros and cons of the CI's. The doctors will tell you anything to put a pretty penny in their pockets. They on the other hand cant tell you anything by personal experiences like those who actually have them. Would you take a trip by plane if you knew an auto mechanic worked on it with no aviation experience? My Point is, I want to know how YOU felt, YOUR experiences and YOUR arguements of the CI experience if you were satisfied or dis-satified with them, did they meet your expectations? I know everyone is different and will have different experiences.

I had 2 spinal surgeries, A buddy of mine and a friend of his had spinal surgery as well, All different experiences. Yes, we all had pain, My buddys friend had surgery simular to mine just different levels, Now my buddy...He flatlined on the table.
So we all had our pros and cons in experiences although they were different surgeries, Mine have helped drastically, my buddy still has problems and his friend is still recovering...just as a general idea.
I have watched videos on the surgeries for CI, its what they have to do. And I know everything has to have a BATTERY to work, I am just asking everyone did it help you a little, better than before or a major difference? What was your overall experience with recovery and from the day they were activated til now with your hearing experiences.
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First of all, no, actually for starters the doctor (and the audio) is/are the only person who is able to check your hearing and tell you if you qualify for CI - we here CAN NOT DO THAT.
From then, they'll be able to tell you what benefit, more or less, YOU can expect from CI, if any. WE here CAN NOT DO THAT.
So getting an appmnt with the dr is actually the vital step for you if you want to learn anything.

Now, there is hundreds of general CI pro and cons discussions at the proper forum.
Why don't you go there, check the archives, or even, alright, start the new
:roll: thread but there ?


Fuzzy
 
AudioFuzzy, sorry if I sounded a bit snappy in the earlier posts.. Its late and Im tired as well...
 
Audiofuzzy said:
First of all, no, actually for starters the doctor (and the audio) is/are the only person who is able to check your hearing and tell you if you qualify for CI - we here CAN NOT DO THAT.
From then, they'll be able to tell you what benefit, more or less, YOU can expect from CI, if any. WE here CAN NOT DO THAT.
So getting an appmnt with the dr is actually the vital step for you if you want to learn anything.

Now, there is hundreds of general CI pro and cons discussions at the proper forum.
Why don't you go there, check the archives, or even, alright, start the new
:roll: thread but there ?


Fuzzy
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My audiologist did say that I should qualify for the CI, I know you and other members cant do that as well as what benefits I will achieve... Im just asking in general their experiences, after the surgery what they felt it helped them on a scale from 1-10 or if it didnt help them...ect...
I know everyone is different, I may have the surgery and not help me at all where someone else it did...I understand that, there is alwas a percentage of likes and dislikes, helped and didnt help.
 
sonocativo said:
They were supposedly replaced the last time I took them in, I think they werent, 2 years max, but if replaced about 6 month ( under warranty condition) now out of warranty.

And no, theres no excuse, the doctor has told me, several in fact including my audiologist that I need CI. I have just been putting it off going to the specialist about the CI as I am nervous about it yes. Not because Im looking for attention or whatever you are making it out to sound like, I am looking for answers from others and their experience. I hated the BTE aids, but lately I got used to them, I opt'd for the ITC aids for as long as I could til they did me no good anymore due to lack of power that I needed.
HA's are expensive, these were $3500, and CI I know is out there on the prices along with the surgery. I know its irreversable and that its not always for everyone, but I know the doctors cant tell you from experience like someone who has them and thats what Im looking for.
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No no, you misunderstood me.
I didn't say you seek attention.

I said you avoid confronting yourself - clearly, you want a CI but you are afraid of it, too.

That's why I wanted to sort of give you a prick- pin in the butt and spin into action, if you will.

But yar, it is late so let's continue some other time :)

Fuzzy
 
ps
btw this:

They were supposedly replaced the last time I took them in, I think they werent, 2 years max, but if replaced about 6 month ( under warranty condition) now out of warranty.
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is to me confusing like heII, so yeah, tmrw !! :giggle:

Fuzzy
 
Audiofuzzy said:
ps
btw this:



is to me confusing like heII, so yeah, tmrw !! :giggle:

Fuzzy
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While my HAs were still under warranty, I have taken them in numberous times for repairs, they would quit or cut out from time to time, after several times the Audiologist got upset with the maker or whoever it was and sent them in to be replaced. It took a few weeks to get them back as they said they were putting them through a test. When I was called by the Audiologist to come pick them up , he told me they replaced them with brand new ones. We had to re-program them since the maker didnt transfer the settings over to them, I think they just erased the programming and sent them back because within a few weeks they were doing the same thing. The last time I had issues the audiologist left them on sitting on his desk to listen to them (hooked up to some machine that reads out on a computer screen, and the HAs did cut on and off from time to time as I told him... He was baffled and upset that the HAs were having such issues and thats when he sent them in for replacement.
 
awright.. can you possibly just simply tell what make and how old your current HAs are?

the brand name, the how many years they are old?

Fuzzy
 
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