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Hi all,

Been a while since I have posted! Some of you probably remember that I was told I should consider a cochlear implant by my audiologist, but I refused, mainly because I do not want to lose what hearing I have left.

However going back and forth now for several months, there is absolutely nothing else they can do for me. Every single thing has been tried and tested but apart from making high frequency sounds louder, nothing at all is clearer. is already on, sound recover is on, vents are the smallest they can go… like, there is nothing they can do. She even said that I could pay 10k for private top of the range hearinf aids, I am still goinf to have the same outcome.

So I have told them to go ahead and refer me then… it is going to take months any way (in the UK on the NHS). I have nothing to lose and probably something to gain! One thing I said I am concerned about is losing my residual hearing.

You can see my I have good low frequency, I would be devastated if I lost that. I know they can preserve it but it is a risk and no guarantees. If I am still refused, then I am still going to struggle regardless. Hard choices to make.

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Wow did not see that diagram… you are right! I have checked the clinic locator and they do provide it at the hospital but not sure if it is on NHS or private basis… will find out more about this when I eventually get an appointment letter. Thank you.

Glad to help! Honestly the hybrid implants seem to be very cool technology. I haven’t seen many people y’all about them but maybe there are people here with knowledge

In reply to @craftycrocheter

@craftycrocheter your Ci audiologist fits the hybrid attachment if you have sufficient residual remain after surgery. It’s just a little attachment that fits onto a standard Cochlear processor.

Preservation of your residual is never guaranteed, nor is the longevity of your residual guaranteed if it is preserved at the operation.

My residual lasted 15 months before I had to switch to the electric maps and ditch the hybrid. I certainly don’t miss the fiddly little thing.

Good luck on your new hearing journey.

in additional to that, you lose 20-30 db of hearing with the surgery. i was a candidate for hybrid attachment but I could not use it because i lost 30 db. I lost it all within a year…

I have the CI532 electrode which is the full length electrode, not the short hybrid electrode.

You can’t connect a Cochlear brand and a Phonak Aid.

The only old way to connect was to buy the Roger set up and use the Bluetooth in the Roger Pen 1.1 but that won’t work with Bluetooth Phonak Aids now.

My concern is not bluetooth connection. It’s if a Cochlear and phonak aid can work independently. And an audiologist could adjust the phonak aid to the loudness of the CI?

One would need two audiologist. I think a CI and phonak aid would have their own bluetooth connection. I dont know if a phone could connect two aid at the same time

@eyesgreendeaf some of the US recipients have 1 aud. Here in Oz most of us need 2 ’s. And trying to get an equal balance between them is very difficult. I can fiddle around in the app and get a better balance between the 2 devices.

Yes they will work independently, with very little directionality.

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