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@greffkin I don’t know what company you chose for your processor. Just a few questions for you.

Have you had a company attend your mapping appointment?

Has your AuD arranged for you to have an impedance test done?

Have you had any testing done to try and work out why you are struggling in some areas?

Yes to all that. I have the current Advanced Bionics processor. I see my audiologist at least every two months or so. Representatives from have come to my mappings. My surgeon stays in touch with me. You all act like I’m the only failure here. I watch the various facebook pages related to CI’s and hearing and see some others in the same boat. The replies are always the same, do the rehab, see the audiogist, have AB reps present, etc.etc. This, like any other medical treatment, doesn’t always live up to expectations. Just to be clear, I have not given up hope, I still do the practice, but…

What type of rehab do you do? Not everyone responds to the same stuff audiologist recommend.

Do you have bad tinnitus? It threw my mappings off. Audiologist tested sentences in the booth to see what sounds I was missing. Then made adjustments based on that. Things started getting better after that.

How bad and how long were you having bad hearing before the ? How is your hearing on the other ear? Forget this, just looked at your avatar history.

Sorry for all the questions, just trying to maybe help

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In reply to @Raudrive

’s are not 100% effective for everyone that get’s one. Some people have an extremely hard time adjusting to the implant, and in many cases, the final results were not what was expected. When you get a CI, there’s no guarantee how things will play out, though in most cases (or the majority of cases), the user will hear better than before the surgery. The question in my mind is how much better. That can vary, and of course, since the incoming sound, unfortunately, is not natural.

I’m also in the group that feels there’s a higher success rate with CI’s when implanted in patients, who are under 65 years old and who have recently lost their hearing. For those over sixty-five or say seventy, the brain learning curve can be a challenge. And though there is no age limit to receive a CI I have been told by several Audi’s the younger you are when receiving a CI, the easier it is to adapt. Of course, if Medicare doesn’t cover the cost (for those under age 65), there is also a financial hit, which insurance might help cover or might not.

Hopefully, over the next five to ten years, we will see smaller components, reduced battery size, or body-generated power technology that can run a CI. Along with possible invisible CI’s.

It’s well-known that ’s incoming sound is different from that of someone with normal hearing. So what’s the beef? A cochlear implant doesn’t provide sound in the same way as natural hearing. Instead, CIs work by directly stimulating the auditory nerve with electrical signals, bypassing damaged parts of the ear (like the hair cells in the cochlea). Because of this, the sound people hear through a cochlear implant is typically a mix of electronic, mechanical, or digital sounds, which may seem unclear or synthetic, especially at first.

@Baileyhere said:

Because of this, the sound people hear through a cochlear implant is typically a mix of electronic, mechanical, or digital sounds, which may seem unclear or synthetic, especially at first.

You don’t understand . That’s the beef. Talking like you do.

I really shouldn’t be in this thread because it’s about future hearing that’s not here at this time. The only reason I got involved was due ignorant comments about CI that I hate to see on this forum.

Oh, I have a good understanding of , but I don’t have much patience for posters who (1) think they know it all and (2) send out overzealous information. For whatever reason, cochlear implants seem to be a rather touchy subject with you, which translates into negative posts. Which, as you know, are not really welcome on this forum.

@Baileyhere said:

I have a good understanding of CI, but I don’t have much patience for posters who (1) think they know it all and (2) send out overzealous information

You are new to this forum. I have read most of your posts and you are the one coming off as a know it all if not a bot. I really suspect you get most of your posts using due to their length and nonsense.

Yes, I am possibly overzealous about , I happen to be a very happy bilateral CI with great results. My hunch you are not CI. That puts you somewhere else on the CI list. A new forum member just stirring the pot.

I don’t like confrontations with members like yourself. I will move on from you now.

In reply to @greffkin

@greffkin said:

Yes to all that.

I had a hearing test in the booth that might help you, maybe. I am not positive this is the name of the test my audiologist did on me but it’s similar in function. Have you had the LMH hearing test? This type of test was a big help for me due to constant raging tinnitus that tended to mess up other tests to set up maps. It’s about vowels and consonants.

Baileyhere - I agree totally with you about how a scientifically transmits sound and how it is perceived. I don’t understand why Raudrive is being so driven. Maybe he thinks climate change is a hoax. His insults sound familiar to a certain orange.

In reply to @secondarytrefoil

If you’re have issues with your understanding people talking, etc and you can train your brain by doing auditory training. Look up Lace Pro and also check to see if your audiologist have the Lace AI Pro.

Think of Lace as physical therapy for your brain. Auditory training strengthens your ability to process and understand sound because better hearing starts where sound ends—in your brain.

Of course, pay even more money for another underresearched promise of the industry. Why would the technology progress to provide the access to all acoustic cues when the industry can extract more money by gaslighting?

In reply to @tenkan

@tenkan said:

Well it’s nonsense

Well, it appears we might have one poster using two alias names. Somewhat odd within this discussion to have Tenkan posting “well it’s nonsense” and then a few posts earlier, Raudrive also posting “this is a nonsense statement’. I think someone got caught here using two aliases to support their weak position. Request Hearing Tracker investigate, since we don’t need multiple aliases from one unhappy individual.

@Baileyhere said:

Well, it appears we might have one poster using two alias names.

Trust me. If it’s the one person, they’ve compartmentalised their dual personalities pretty well for a long, long time. It’s two people, and only one of them has a problem with you. This topic has gone off the rails- unnecessarily so in my view. My advice is to just withdraw. If you’re really keen to continue the argument, you could start a new topic and leave this one for people who want to discuss the Envoy system.

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@secondarytrefoil said:

Why would the technology progress to provide the access to all acoustic cues

It’s impossible to get all the acoustic cues we need right now. This is because of a lot of technical and biological problems, and it’ll be a long time before we can get them. You cannot just insert more than 22 platinum electrodes in array due to e.g. risk of interference between them.

There is more focused strategy (FMS - Focused Multipolar Stimulation) of electrical stimulation but it is still under research, although newest Cochlear Nexa system will probably support it.There might be some problems, like using more energy or not being able to use disposable batteries.

@greffkin said:

I am bimodal, have had the CI for over two years and speech remains distorted helium and music is trashy.

Have you checked that the system has been implanted properly, using a scan to see if it’s in the right place? And can all the electrodes be turned on?

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