HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted October 31, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 @Esteban If I am following you correctly.... your right side was your first CI and that is the side that sounds choppy to you. Like cutting in and out sound quality? Do you have a backup right processor? If yes, see if that sound quality is present when using your backup processor. I suggest you describe this sound quality to your audiologist. Esteban 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Jewel Posted October 31, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 @Daniel the Stranger I'm happy that your activation went well. Will you be chronicling your experience like you did with the first CI? Daniel the Stranger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel the Stranger Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 @Jewel I will, I have some things to say that I haven't shared with you guys... I hope to do this by the end of this week. Jewel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hila Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 20 hours ago, Mary Beth said: Wishing @Daniel the Stranger and @Nikki the best tomorrow! Thank you! Today, I mean yesterday to you @Daniel the Stranger, went well. All elections make sounds, I heard speech, quality isn't great but I feel extremely fortunate and grateful. @Esteban I have the choppy affect when my magnet is not secure or in place. Leaning on the side might move it. It gotten better by moving up in strength or securing it better turning the magnet around till you hear it locked in or click even. Not sure it's the same situation but this is what I came across. Esteban, Daniel the Stranger and Jewel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hila Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 21 hours ago, Mary Beth said: Wishing @Daniel the Stranger and @Nikki the best tomorrow! Thank you @Mary Beth! Today, I mean yesterday to you @Daniel the Stranger, went well. All elections make sounds, I heard speech, quality isn't great but I feel extremely fortunate and grateful. @Esteban I have the choppy affect when my magnet is not secure or in place. Leaning on the side might move it. It gotten better by moving up in strength or securing it better turning the magnet around till you hear it locked in or click even. Not sure it's the same situation but this is what I came across. Mary Beth and Mary Featherston 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hila Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Sorry for multiples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted October 31, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Wishing @Marion nancy and @Mary Featherston the very best tomorrow! I look forward to reading all about it! Hila and Mary Featherston 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted October 31, 2018 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Great start for your second side @Nikki! Hila 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Jewel Posted October 31, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Yay for @Nikki Can't wait for your chronicles @Daniel the Stranger. I always enjoy them. Next up @Mary Featherstonand @Marion nancy. Woo hoo! Will you be recording your activations? Looking forward to hearing how your activations go. Hila and Mary Featherston 1 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 I hadn't thought of recording it. It's probably way too early for pictures of me (I can't for the life of my imagine why I agreed that it would be a good idea to drive into the city during morning rush hour. Only for activation, I tell you what.) Hila 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hila Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 Good luck @Mary Featherston. Mary Featherston 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 35 minutes ago, Nikki said: Good luck @Mary Featherston. Thanks, @Nikki - I'm still hoping to get my audiologist to try to do something about this hideous echo in my "old" CI as well. 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 Has that echo always been present in your first CI? 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 3 hours ago, Mary Beth said: @Mary Featherston Has that echo always been present in your first CI? Nope. It has for the last month or so, but my audiologist didn't want to make any mapping changes today because the activation of the second one changes things quite a lot. Also, she thought that some of the echo might be due to the surgery - biochemical changes (who knows, maybe it was that nasty hydrocodone - I truly don't understand opioid addiction) - anyway, that could have affected how the CI sounds. So.....we activated the other side. All electrodes are firing and I could hear voices right away. There is an overtone in the higher frequencies that's making the voices sound not too great, but it's actually not bad. All in all, it seems better to me that my first activation with all those beeps and Mickey Mouse sounds. The real surprise is the extent to which using both processors make BOTH SIDES sound better already - I mean, sitting there in my audiologist's office I listened through both processors, and then tried each one by itself and they both sounded worse and somehow reduced. Guys, seriously, two CIs just completely rock. And I haven't even had them for two hours yet. And here's another thing: my kit didn't arrive. Kirsten (my audiologist) had a heck of a time trying to track the package because it was apparently delivered to one of the other University hospitals, and then they sent it to another incorrect place within the U of M system. The person who received it there sent it back to Med-El. So Kirsten called Med-El and they are shipping a kit to arrive before my second mapping next Wednesday. But apparently JUST TODAY the Roger Select is available for inclusion in processor kits and Kirsten asked them to put that in my kit instead of another Roger pen. So I'll get to have that too, which is pretty cool. Right now in my left (newly activated) ear I'm using my backup processor from the right side and a magnet that Kirsten had in her office. So, all things considered, a good start! Jewel and Daniel the Stranger 2 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 Seems like you got lucky on your kit not arriving. In my opinion, the Roger Select is way superior to the Roger Pen. Enjoy it. The Roger Select has the most advanced mics of any Roger transmitter. great start! Mary Featherston and Jewel 2 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 How does your audiologist want you to listen with your new side? Use both sides? Use only the new side? It is interesting to hear all the different approaches. 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 38 minutes ago, Mary Beth said: @Mary Featherston How does your audiologist want you to listen with your new side? Use both sides? Use only the new side? It is interesting to hear all the different approaches. We agreed that I need both processors at work, but I'm to use the second one alone as much as I can at home. I'll need to do more structured rehab again - mostly lately with the first processor I have been just watching videos and listening to audiobooks, but I think it helps to use the apps for the first week or two. But she said that having them work together is important too, so the fact that I'm working gives me a convenient demarcation point. Mary Beth and Jewel 2 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 Sounds like a great plan. After all the goal is awesome bilateral hearing. Enjoy your new CI journey! Mary Featherston 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion nancy Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Mary Beth said: @Mary Featherston How does your audiologist want you to listen with your new side? Use both sides? Use only the new side? It is interesting to hear all the different approaches. Glad to hear u are doing well. I feel like there is a little man in my head talking to me. Beeps beginning to fade. Not very robotic as I had anticipated. Still have a lot of dried blood in ear therefore might take a little longer. Next week will try E A S. just gave me 2 programs for this week. The noises I hear . Water. Cars in th street. Telephones . Has really made me want to practice 6 hours ago, Mary Beth said: @Mary Featherston Sounds like a great plan. After all the goal is awesome bilateral hearing. Enjoy your new CI journey! To Kara of Canada and Jewel 2 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 @Marion nancy Sounds like you are off to a great start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Jewel Posted November 2, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 @Marion nancy That is great! So you retained your residual hearing? You're so fortunate! Enjoy the journey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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