Word Recognition Test

What does this mean. No one said anything about standard. What are you talking about?

I don’t think reporting a percentage hearing loss in a is anything that is done routinely and when it is done I don’t think it is used consistently. Word recognition scores are given as a percentage correct. The count the dots articulation index is given as a percentage correct.

Really sorry to hear you lost your job. I am a teacher with severe loss and worried about that also. I hope you are able to get some improvement with HAs. I am trying different ones but finding the whole business exhausting and confusing. But hopefully perseverance will produce results. I find this forum very reassuring, reading everyone’s stories.

It has been 25 years since I taught. I miss it but I know if something goes wrong with the hearing aids I would not be able to hear the students. If I take the hearing aids out I basically hear nothing. Wearing them about 14 to 16 hours each day. Cannot do physical work due to effects of agent orange and bones deteriorating. You learn to live with it. I am lucky to have my wife of 53 years to help out. Even she gets tired of repeating. Only good thing is when I lay down to sleep I do not hear anything except the constant ringing in the ears that I am used to. I sleep really sound. To get me up you have to shake me. You will get used to the hearing loss with time do not give up. Just find someone you can lean on for support.

For me as a British woman it has been a real eye-opener reading so many comments by American war veterans. You have touched my heart.

I just posted a new topic on sudden hearing distortion (SSHL?) and my ENT is telling me I am long past due for a CI.

It has been 2 years since you have had yours and I am very interested in how this has gone for oyu and whether you went through with the second one?

Thanks for asking.

My last testing was a couple months ago.
With implants in quiet the right is 90% and left is 95%.
In noise both sides were around 67%.

My hearing with implants continues to slowly improve.

Thanks for the timely update.
I assume the % you are quoting are WR results.

Interesting that you said your hearing continues to SLOWLY improve. What exactly does that mean? Become more use to the “unnatural” sound produced with the CI? Slow increase in WR results? More familiarity with how to use them?

Did you have either a ABR test or an OEC test before you opted for the CI? The later confirms that the hearing loss is associated with hair cell loss and is done at various frequencies, while the former measures signal transmission to the brain - the critical requirement for successful CI implantation.