Dave in Pittsburgh Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I will have my surgery on Oct 27 for my CI . I will be getting both the Rondo and the Sonnet. Going to have just the left ear done but I've been told that I will most likely have the other ear done with in a year. What can I expect ? I work in retail sales part time and I got a month off is this a enough time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted September 14, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 Hi and welcome, if you read through the various topics on here you will learn about some of our stories. My right side was implanted in February 2015 and my left side was implanted in October 2015. I am a teacher and returned to work both times after one week. Best of luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted September 16, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 It depends - what do you expect to achieve in this period of one month? Welcome to the Hearpeers - relearning of hearing and decoding of the inputs to your brain is highly variable process. It greatly depends on you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted September 16, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 I took a week off from work. As far as the hearing end of it, it isn't all going to come at once for you. More like baby steps. Your brain is relearning how to hear. Each brain adapts at its own speed. It would be difficult to try and put a timeframe on it. what I did was do as much education for my coworkers as to what to expect. Some actually thought that I would have the surgery on Thursday and I would show up Monday hearing perfectly. I had to explain that it won't even be turned on for 3 to 4 weeks. My first one they waited 6. as far as the surgery, most people tend to get their legs back under them after about 4 or 5 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted September 16, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 I took a week off from work. As far as the hearing end of it, it isn't all going to come at once for you. More like baby steps. Your brain is relearning how to hear. Each brain adapts at its own speed. It would be difficult to try and put a timeframe on it. what I did was do as much education for my coworkers as to what to expect. Some actually thought that I would have the surgery on Thursday and I would show up Monday hearing perfectly. I had to explain that it won't even be turned on for 3 to 4 weeks. My first one they waited 6. as far as the surgery, most people tend to get their legs back under them after about 4 or 5 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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