I want to hear, I want my life back!

Neville, interesting to hear such quick positive results from someone who went for the CI earlier than later! I too wonder about your surgeon question. Mine claims 50/50, but given he is at Vanderbilt I suspect he is lowballing me?? I was offered to be in a study where they take another measurement during surgery to see if it helps retain residual. I declined because it is far away and would mean lots of trips back with no certainty that I would be chosen for the measurement.

@joanhawsey said:

Neville, interesting to hear such quick positive results from someone who went for the CI earlier than later!

Yes, I’m really pleased for this patient. I just saw another newly activated (5 months) patient yesterday who is definitely not getting the same clarity, but who also hadn’t worn a hearing aid in the implanted ears for years in advance of the surgery and is still very pleased with the improvement that they have gotten in access to high-frequency clarity paired with the good low frequency hearing they still have in the other ear.

I think anatomy probably plays a very big role in residual hearing, though. The first patient I mentioned had a history of Meniere’s and I would guess that the abnormal fluid pressure in the cochlea associated with Meniere’s probably makes it much harder to preserve any residual hearing. Similarly, if one’s hearing loss etiology means that one has significant cochlear ossification, that’s going to make the surgery much harder.

@cochleargonzalo wish you all the best for your evaluation on the 15th. Good luck.

@cochleargonzalo how did you go with your evaluation for CI?