Darcy Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hey Guys I had my implant activated 2 months ago. I am now hearing a sound whenever I pull on the ear lobe or touch the area behind the ear. This sound is similar to the sound of a guitar string that gradually fades away. Has anyone ever had this experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Sandy Posted November 15, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hi Darcy, Congratulations on your activation. I haven't had that type of reaction, just tinnitus if I'm stressed or tired. Have you talked with your audiologist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted November 15, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hi Darcy Welcome to hearpeers! I cant say that i have had that sensation. Maybe things have not settled down as far as swellling and the like. If you have not asked your audi about this, you might want to bring it up. she and your surgeon have a detailed knowledge of your hearing and medical history and might have some better insight. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knickohr Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Darcy, you mean, that it sounds like a "metal pling". Yes, I have this too, but only once or twice a day. I happens when I'm touching the area of the implant, specially the coil and magnet. It looks like there is a wire (from the coil ?) bending and jumping. But it's gone away for the time, it now happens not so often as before. (I'm a user of a BoneBride.) Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leblisa Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hi Darcy, I have a very similar thing going on. I don't 'hear' anything when I pull on my earlobe but I get what call a 'bell tone' every time I vigorously massage that area (as in washing hair), so pressure on the CI spot combined with movement of the pressure gives me that 'tone' every single time. My surgeon poo-poo'd it but my audi and the MedEl representative present at my last mapping both had a plausible explanation that I can't remember right now but it satisfied me that it's odd but nothing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leblisa Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I meant to add: I only notice it when my processor is NOT on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knickohr Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I meant to add: I only notice it when my processor is NOT on. Correct ! Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted November 15, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 now that you mention it, sometimes the pillow rubbing the implant when turning over if i dont lift my head makes a weird metalic sound similar to (ok this is going way back) the noise the light sabers made when they hit each other in star wars. I dont hear it as much as i used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted November 15, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Huh... I do not hear anything.... Am I a normal Bionic, or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted November 15, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Trust me Ivana we are all Cyborgs it was a really weird sound. the only time it would ever appear is if you rubbed the implant itself. anywhere else and i did not hear it. At this point it has pretty much gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted November 16, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I am still pretty sure I have never heard anything like that... Except, my mics does not like to be covered, but this is not what you are saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knickohr Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted November 16, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I am 7of9 - 2 characteristics can be applied to me: blond hair and being bionic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted November 16, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Yes Ivana It only happened at least to me when the processor was off and something rubbed directly on the implant. It has not happened to me in a while. kind of strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted November 16, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Yes Ivana It only happened at least to me when the processor was off and something rubbed directly on the implant. It has not happened to me in a while. kind of strange. Understood Adam - I just remind that I do not understand the fact that I have not ever had that kind of feeling or sensation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted November 16, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I have not talked to too many people that it has happened to so i just assumed it was all in my head so to speak. Kind of like tinnitus maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted November 17, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Ugh, I was on call yesterday (24h in the hospital) and now I am trying to understand what I have wrote in my last comment - and I can't. Please, forget it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted November 17, 2013 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 after a 24 hour shift i would be pretty useless. totally understood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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