HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted November 1, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 @Joan was my cheerleader during my bilateral journey. I am so thankful for Joan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 ….and @Mary Beth has been MY cheerleader! So thankful for HER! ? Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted November 1, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 @Joan did you do quite a lot of rehab in the first couple of weeks with the second implant? I won't even ask @Mary Beth - I think we can assume that you did! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel the Stranger Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 Well @Mary Beth I can't say I'm experiencing Bilateral sounds yet.... early times for me, for sure I'm steps ahead compared to first activation as I can recognise music and voice already since activation, I still don't feel I can depend on my new CI only. It certainly feels a lot noisier and different than using one CI only but I still can describe these differences properly. I have a home theatre at home and I usually sits ahead of the rear left speaker. Last night I could hear that speaker more than I used to when I had my right CI only. Cool isn't it? But I was using only my new CI so this weekend I'm going to try using both while watching tv to see how it is like. Jewel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 @Mary Featherston I did a fair amount of rehab, mostly on my computer, the first 2-3 weeks with my second implant (did much more with my first!). I feel I was very fortunate that I felt so comfortable with my second implant as quick as I did. Mary Featherston 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted November 1, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 @Mary Featherston Yes you are right. I did tons of aural rehab! I am actually still training musical pitch from time to time. I can’t help it. I experience improvements with listening and it is addictive. And let’s remember that my first side had not processed any sounds at all for 24 years before being implanted. It needed a lot of help! Jewel and Mary Featherston 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hila Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Mary Beth said: Tell us the things you already notice about the benefits of bilateral CIs. First thing this morning, I noticed it was dumb to choose the exact same color for both processors ? Other than that everything was clearer I noticed I can pick up conversations from further away and easier all around The clarity is improved, although the sound quality isn't great on the new but everything sound much louder so i feel I need less volume to understand speech Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted November 2, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Ha, @Nikki! What you need to do is order different-colored microphone covers, it makes a lot of difference and then you have a quick visual cue as to which is which too. That, or go wild at Skinit. Jewel and Hila 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hila Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Mic cover crossed my mind Skinit isn't me. Yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted November 2, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 @Nikki I use small dot stickers on the side of each Sonnet that touches my skin. ? right processor ? left processor Audiologists tend to have these to mark hearing aids. Hila 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hila Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 For now my right sonnet is map 4 and my new is program 1 I like the sticker idea Thank you so much @Mary Beth Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percy Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 For those of you who had a hearing aid in one ear and a CI in the other, how did your hearing aid ear respond to the new implant? Does it sounds just as good or better than the HA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Percy after my first implant, I wore a hearing aid in the other ear for only two months or so. I found it to be very inferior and distracting to the sounds I got with my CI. Fortunately, I went bilateral five months are my first implant. Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Percy within not too much time the CI was better than the HA ear and very soon after I stopped even wearing my HA in that ear since it muddled the great sound from the CI ..now I’ve just had surgery to implant that ear ! Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Joan looks like you and I posted at the same time and said the same thing ?I did wait a year after my first CI to do my second .. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percy Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Jane and @Joan that is great news. Thank you for the feedback. After the implant in the hearing aid ear did you ever try the hearing aid again in that ear to see if there was any residual hearing left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Jane we sure did have the same reaction! And isn’t bilateral awesome? Sooo much better than hearing aids!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Percy I didn’t with either ear but I really didn’t have much, if any, residual hearing to preserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted November 6, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 My experience echoes Jane's and Joan's. It's early days but I'm so happy to be bilateral! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Mary Featherston your happiness will only increase...bilateral is awesome!? Mary Featherston 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Percy I never tried it since I was hearing so poorly in that ear the HA didn’t do anything and I actually was able to donate my Hearing aides to a friend of mine as well as all my assistive listening devices who had them reprogrammed and is happily using them ..I know I have the same residual hearing since the Audiologist tested that implanted ear at my post op visit with my surgeon..I don’t have much at all but I have the same small amount that I did before my surgery..I could tell I had about the same since I could hear what I did like the shower water running and doors slamming that’s about it Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Joan @Percy@Mary Featherston Ive only been activated and bilateral 6 1/2 weeks but almost immediately I noticed the difference ..especially hearing In noise ..I have another mapping on Friday .i imagine it’s quite the journey to get both these CI s in sync so to speak but I’m so happy how I’m hearing and functioning Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel the Stranger Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 I almost forgot to report that last Monday after mapping I put some music in my car while wearing both processors. I was blown away as to how immerse in the sound you feel when you are bilateral. It was so amazing for the first time to enjoy music like that, I almost cried while driving that day. It felt like I was in the cinema to be honest. Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted November 6, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Oh, yeah, @Daniel the Stranger - I'd actually been having an echo so bad in my first CI that I'd stopped listening to music in the car because it sounded so awful. But even though my second CI is still muffled and unclear, when I listen to music now it sound much better than it did just with the one. I can't wait till I get more rehab in. Daniel the Stranger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 @Jane @Daniel the Stranger @Mary Featherston you all are in for so many wonderful surprises as you become adjusted to your new CIs. I think you’ll be amazed at how incredible it is to be bilateral! Mary Beth, Mary Featherston and Daniel the Stranger 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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