I’ve called, and the audi will order me another set, allowing me to keep these until the new ones arrive.
Can’t imagine my frustration (or maybe you can). Main reason I’m keeping these until they’re replaced is so that I can be certain that the ‘factory’ won’t simply try to repair this set, and will give me brand new ones.
I was hearing SOMETHING with the new ones. Mostly what is probably background noise. Once the new ones arrive, I will ask him to see about filtering that out, and who knows: Maybe I’ll be able to hear ‘things’ again. Not that I have my hopes up or anything, but if I can hear what I wasn’t hearing before, one never knows, does one.
Oh and yes, I’d tried changing the batteries out when it happens. No joy.
Wow, that’s some loss!!! And most probably the worst I’ve seen on here, in perhaps a dozen years or so… But, as always, there is always someone worse, than yourself! You have my sympathy & empathy in equal measure, the very best of luck in your quest for better hearing @PlasticMask1, hopefully your new Naida Paradise UP’s will work better, when you receive your replacements… Take care, cheers Kev
Your hearing loss is worse than mine and yours is the worse l have seen in this forum. I have the P70-UP aids. Due to your hearing loss, you should try cochlear implants and these will work better than any hearing aid depending on your ear. These aids aren’t going to help you hear any speech, just background noises.
You stated you haven’t heard sounds before. Was your the same at birth?
Due to your hearing loss, you should try cochlear implants and these will work better than any hearing aid depending on your ear. These aids aren’t going to help you hear any speech, just background noises.
You stated you haven’t heard sounds before. Was your audiogram the same at birth?
I can’t do due to general anesthetic issues and at my age, I’m not risking it. I don’t recall stating that I’ve never heard sound before; I lost my hearing in 2016 due to a bacterial infection picked up whilst travelling. Thanks for the suggestion though.
EDIT: Oh, forgot to mention that when both were working, I WAS hearing SOME things, kind of, just not very clearly obviously and not very loudly. I’m hoping that if the audi can cut some of that background noise out then it will help. I understand that I’ll never be able to play the guitar again or anything like that. I just want SOMETHING instead of NOTHING. And yes, the background noise, although not loud either, is frustrating as heck to put it as mildly as I think that this Forum will allow.
Hi Terry, as a point of interest, did you not consider C.I. yourself? In truth, at one time I would have jumped at the chance of an implant, not now though, I hear fairly well with my Naida P90’s, in fac, I probably hear better now than I did 20 odd years ago, especially with Bluetooth cell phone calls, and all the other Roger gear I have… I was given 3 months, to consider an implant, but I declined… I retired about 6 months ago,I have a heart condition, various other health issues, I thought about it deeply, the rehab, the risk, my lifestyle now, would it improve my lot, on balance the advantages weren’t overwhelming, so I let it go… Cheers Kev
I put off the cochlear implant route. I’m happy with my phonak aids. Still waiting on xceed replacements. At some point, l might get an for my left ear however the doctors want it on my best trained right ear. I wouldn’t get CI for my best ear.
Aye Terry, they always go for the initial implant in the good ear, gives them the best chance of success…In the extremely unlikely event of a failure, I would be goosed… I get very little contextual information in the left ear… Cheers Kev
l might get an CI for my left ear however the doctors want it on my best trained right ear.
It is really downright stupid doctor's attitude to thoughtlessly pushing to implant better ear no matter the whole clinical picture. I understand the situation like nerve damage in the poorer side, but that's not the case.
I haven't read the whole conversation, but I don't know that I would ever call such a recommendation thoughtless. A lot of thought goes into these decisions.
For most people the language processing areas of the brain are on the left side. Implanting the right ear provides a direct pathway to the left speech processing areas. Implanting the left ear requires that much of the same information cross to the opposite side of the brain through the internal commissures like the corpus callosum.
Depending on how long someone has had a hearing loss, the degree of loss and whether it was congenital, these comissural pathways may not be very well developed and they have limited development potential relative to the direct connections to the speech processing areas from the right ear.
Yes, there are risks to implanting the better hearing ear first, but there are other factors beyond the nerve that also need to be taken into consideration. The hearing system extends beyond and interacts with multiple sensory systems. We cannot really stop at the cochlear nerve when it comes to thinking about hearing.
I think that teams are most focused on what is going to lead to the best outcomes for a recipient and to minimise the chances of a poor outcome. Sometimes it is difficult to fully understand all of the reasoning that goes into these recommendations, because the clinicians aren't explaining everything that goes into their recommendation for each individual person because that requires a lot of effort and not everyone needs to understand the whole picture, but for candidates who are reluctant or have a lot of concerns explaining the bigger picture can be really helpful.
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