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My Cochlear Implant - a journal
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jul 22, 2023 | Replies (159)Comment receiving replies
I am a CI candidate but my drs at Penn listened to me- I have a love for music and CI tinnified music - delayed till this year( delayed by me - no $ to cover 20 percent) - vast improvements in being better for music
Both Advanced Bionics and Cohlear have it being waterproof- with add ins. ( ? Or not). It is waterproof though FYI Why it is extremely upsetting about the HLLA convention being cancelled - was going to really find out about $ help. My level of socialization ( very little - less so with the horror) means I cann get away with my aids( 15 and 13 years old! )
This site has some added information I never before and it concerns - taste buds being impacted . It took me a long time to be a foodie - shocked a lot of folks that knew me in my young days. I am still not a great eater when home- one - two meal/ eats a day. I did though on a whim answered a ad for grab and go meals for meals. I qualified- every 6 days get food delivered.
I learned from my former HLAA chapter president how important Roger pen type component has help in directional mike type thing for doing away background noises . Pocket talker does help too ... lesser degree .
Sorry for long bit Take care. Feel free to ask for more information or adds on - this mayo sites have been helpful- real folks dealing with things day to day
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You’re right, bookysue, Mayo CI sites are great. I couldn’t understand speech in music at all before, I couldn’t tell what piece the music was. I had no idea my favorite music was playing unless I could speech read someone to know. YIPES! I love music with my CI. I’ve gone back to singing and playing my ukulele, even. It is a super change. Hope your CI works out soon. Perhaps things will be easier after COVID. Take care. Liz
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@bookysue I have never been to an HLAA convention but had been considering going. Has it been postponed or totally canceled?
My audiologist gave me Phoanks and the other Roger accessory that you can put on a table to hear other people in the room. This would be great I think for people in a work situation sitting around a conference table but for me, using it on my coffee table at home while my family was here, it did no good thanks to the underlying noise, nor did it help in a restaurant.
I have Oticon Opn1 HAs. When I got them, 3 years ago, they were supposed to be the best for clarity. I have the Connect Clip that goes with them and one person can put it on. That really does help to hear the person who is wearing it. I go to a water aerobics class where the leader is not in the pool so she wears it. Without her wearing it I would never be able to hear her.
JK