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Cochlear Implants: How well do they work at an older age?

Hearing Loss | Last Active: Aug 7, 2022 | Replies (143)
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@cmkellner23

Thanks. I appreciate your perspective and support. Unfortunately I too am totally deaf in my right ear. However, I really am frustrated with my hearing right now and feel like I’m missing so much. I know the CI is the way to go. I just have to get up the nerve. I am speaking to the ent dr who would perform the surgery next week. I truly do appreciate your support.

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Julie, Volunteer Mentor | @julieo4 | Nov 1, 2021

I have had a CI since 2005. IT was the best decision I could have made. I'm chiming in here to say that I had the CI done in the ear I had very little residual hearing in. I chose to do that rather than 'disturb' the ear I heard a bit better out of. Like many others, I had been told years ago that my auditory nerve was non functional. CIs have proven that not to be the case as the damage is in the cochlea. Because of that damage, the cells in the cochlea cannot transmit sound to the auditory nerve. The CI bypasses the cochlea and stimulates the auditory nerve, which is just sitting there waiting for sound it doesn't receive. It does take a while for that nerve to start managing the sound so the brain can interpret it.

I'm mentioning this because you say you have one ear that doesn't hear. That might be the ear to have the CI done on. Do discuss this with the surgeon.

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