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How does live music, sound with a Cochlear Osia2
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@julieo4
Julie,
Thanks for answering my question. The research I have done seems to indicate that people don’t particularly enjoy listening to music that they are not very familiar with.
We travel around the country going to music festivals, blues cruises, concerts, etc so I am frequently hearing new songs or different versions of familiar songs.
I’m thinking that the implant is not going to work for me. Id rather hear the music in mono in my one good ear than have some strange, not enjoyable, sound in stereo. I’ll probably still go listen to what the doctor has to say.
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@mh5 I recommend Hearing Tracker Forum for information from many contributors about hearing loss problems. Cochlear Implants, among many others, is a subject widely discussed. Also, contributors have provided information on their experiences with a very wide variety of hearing aids and ancillary devices.
@mh5 This is interesting to me. My experience with two hearing aids (many years and progressively worse) is just the opposite. Music I'm familiar with is frustrating because I know how it is supposed to sound / used to sound. I think this is mostly because of the lack of the higher frequencies. I’m a candidate for an implant and have wondered if it would help with that. I can sympathize with your situation. Getting an implant is a big one-way decision and it seems everyone’s experience is a little different. Good luck.
@mh5 If your 'one good ear' has typical hearing, you will probably continue to enjoy music monaurally as you hear now with or without a CI. You can turn off the CI processor if that helps.
I have no regrets about getting a cochlear implant. I had it done on the 'poorer ear' side. My other ear is also bad, but had been aided for decades as I was only fit with one hearing aid which was common back in the day. The 'bad ear' had auditory deprivation.
My grand daughters are vocalists. I enjoy whatever they are singing. But, familiar songs are most enjoyable. I feel that way in church also. Old hymns that I grew up with are great. Some of the newer music sounds like pounding sounds...especially on a piano. Still I have zero regrets about having a cochlear implant. It gave me back my social life. (Meetings, conversations, parties, etc.)
If you continue to research CIs, be sure to read about all three of the implant manufacturers. I have a Cochlear Americas device. It's wonderful. I have heard from people who have Med El or Advanced Bionics who have other experiences, mostly positive but different. Be open to what the doctor has to say. Ask questions.
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@mh5 @Juleo04 Until reading this exchange I had not read that others have the same odd hearing perception that I have, namely that music heard in the past, before having a real hearing problem, is fine whereas new music is not.
I have very loud tinnitus which has gotten louder over the years (I am now 78). In addition I have moderate hearing loss and have been wearing hearing aid for three years. The tinnitus has been with me for decades and I pretty much can ignore it somehow. But it has seriously decreased enjoyment of any new music. But not so much music I knew way back when. I guess I' m not the only one with this peculiar problem.