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What's your review of Cochlear Osia 2 System?
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The tether is just a precaution if the transducer is knocked off. I always wear it unless I am at home. Yes, the magnet holds it on unless it gets knocked off. If the magnet is too strong, it makes my head sore. After I lost mine, looking back, there was a lot of confusion that day. It was raining hard, and I was loading two dogs back into my car, and I had med bags, paperwork, and a purse in my hands. I think I hit it on the seat or something as I bent over to get the dogs into the car. In the confusion I did not miss it right away. I searched the car first, and then went back, I searched everywhere multiple times. My concensus was that it either washed away in the gutter or someone found it and did not realize what it was, or it got run over. I do not know what happened, just that losing it made it a sad day for me. I even bought a magnet roller and went over the parking lot and what little grass they had. And yes, I have more hair than you. Lol
Now I hook the the tether onto my earring. It works a lot better than the clip. There is also a headband I wear sometimes. Lesson learned.
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Thank you for your detail explanation. I don’t have two dogs, just a rambunctious 2-yr old Golden retriever and have been caught in an occasional rainstorm here in FL loading him up😉
So it all makes sense! I hear there are three different magnet strengths and that too strong a magnet can cause a headache. Length of hair would definitely create a need for the stronger magnet. I’m sure the original fitting/programming wasn’t a long enough period of time to signal the possibility of your getting headaches. Therefore, at your original fitting did they have the three different magnet strength’s available for you to try? Are the magnets a permanent fixture with the transducer; therefore you had three transducers to try out? or, are the three different magnet (strengths) detachable from the transducer, enabling your audiologist to apply the magnet more conducive to holding your transducer in place?
My understanding is that we have 99-days to switch out the accessories that come with our kit. The answers to the preceding May answer my last question? Speaking of kits, what came with your original kit? Was the tether and clip included in your original kit?
I guess I’ll need to remove my transducer when I wrestle with our Golden 🤣
Off topic, but while wearing your OSIA2 transducer, do you need the use of the TV or mini-mic transmitter? (I was informed my kit included the mini-mic).
Again I appreciate your input while I await my fitting, so please only reply back when it’s con for you. If I hadn’t previously mentioned, my hearing loss was a single-sided sudden onset sensory event 4-yrs ago.