HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 24, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Sunday February 28 9:15 am New York time start time chat opens at 9:00 for socializing Google Meet with free live captioning Looking forward to our February GoogleMeet chat. Everyone is welcome to join in. Just reply to this post so you are included in the chat invite. New people are always welcome! Tagging those who have joined in recently. @Kylie @Mr-LJ @Joan @Mary Featherston @Kirk S. @Mary Beth @Megan L. @Dave in Pittsburgh @Tracey_66 @MallaRuth @Valentin @Jared Charney @tmscarlett10 @Nischal Koirala @Nikki @Jewel @polyesternapkinstowaway Kylie, Joan and Jared Charney 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Charney Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 thanks Mary Beth for putting it all together, this morning was even more informative than I could have imagined and it was really nice meeting everyone! Joan, Mary Featherston, Megan L. and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 See you all in February!😊 Jared Charney, Mary Beth and Megan L. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Megan L. Posted January 24, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 See you all in February!! Jared Charney, Joan and Mary Beth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 24, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 @Jared Charney You are welcome. It was a pleasure meeting you. Please keep us posted on your journey. Megan L., Jared Charney and Joan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Charney Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 I def. will as I have/had so many other questions that came to mind while listening to your journey Mary Beth, cheers, ! Megan L., Mary Beth and Joan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted January 24, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 See you all in February! Joan, Mary Beth and Megan L. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 24, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 @Jared Charney Feel free to ask questions in the forum in the meantime. See you in February. Jared Charney and Megan L. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Charney Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 I'm very curious about how much I should try to lobby/understand about the electrode/mapping part of this especially after listening to you and Lawrence. Like I said after speaking with Alyssa at Med-el I'm not worried about having electrodes turned off (some were making me a little dizzy when they played around with them) -- I have my next appointment in March and I am beg. to want to know how much more mapping/tailoring is achievable? The other thing you brought up was the chip in the Sonnet and Rondo do you know if Medel would retrofit the ones I have for that new chip or would I have to wait until the next model comes out etc.Thanks again, it's really nice not feeling isolated with this-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 24, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 @Jared Charney Reaching a stable MAP takes some time. It varies from person to person and even varies for the same person from ear to ear. After reaching a stable MAP, more fine tuning to your MAP is possible. CI users vary in their interest in learning about MAPping. Some like to learn a lot and others prefer not to. Both approaches are fine in my opinion. I trusted my audiologist completely while MAPping. She is excellent at listening to my comments and converting my comments to MAPping adjustments. The new chip I mentioned is in the processor (not in our internal components). It is in the Rondo 3 and Sonnet 2. It enables those processors to use adaptive intelligence features of ASM 3, which is not yet FDA approved in the US. If things work the same way ASM 2 was released here it will go like this... FDA approval Med-El US announces an expected release date via their official Med-El US FB page Our audiologists update our Rondo 3 and Sonnet 2 processors to ASM 3 at an appointment and then we have those features too. I will look for the link of the video discussing the new features . Jared Charney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 24, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 @Jared Charney check this out Jared Charney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kirk S. Posted January 25, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Hi Mary Beth, Thanks again for the great chat Sunday. Please keep me informed if you hear anything new on the Rondo 3 with the fancy new chip. The regular Rondo 3 has not been approved by the Japan FDA yet, although that’s expected within the next couple of months. However, it might be worth waiting until the newer version becomes available. What do you think? Rondo 3 with old chip soon; or wait awhile for Rondo 3 with new chip? Thanks. Kirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 25, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 @Kirk S. I apologize for any confusion I caused about the Rondo 3 and Sonnet 2 new chip. All Rondo 3 and Sonnet 2 processors have the new chip. This new chip can run automatic sound management (ASM 3) features like adaptive intelligence. In the US, ASM 3 is not FDA approved at this time so in the US Sonnet 2 and Rondo 3 processors still use ASM 2 (even though they have a new chip that is capable of ASM 3). In most countries it seems like ASM 3 was active when Sonnet 2 was released in Europe (fall 2019) and Rondo 3 was released (fall 2020). User reports of the new ASM 3 features are here in HearPeers, in videos Med-El has released on FB & YouTube and in other forum groups. I want to adjust to new processors once so instead of upgrading now to Sonnet 2 with ASM 2 and then adjusting again after ASM 3 is released here and my audiologist updates my Sonnet 2..... I plan to wait until ASM 3 is released in the US and just adapt to my new processors once. Make sense? Jared Charney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kirk S. Posted January 26, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Hi Mary Beth. OK, now I AM confused. So, what you are saying is that the Rondo 3 has the new chip. That new chip is capable of using “automatic sound management” features (aka ASM 3), which include features like “adaptive intelligence.” However, the new ASM 3 features have not been approved by the U.S. FDA, yet, which means that the Rondo 3 currently on sale in the U.S. does NOT have those features. So you are going to wait until it does. Have I got all that right so far? ...The reason I ask is, the Rondo 3 has not been approved for sale in Japan yet (I am currently using the Rondo 2), but it is expected to get approval sometime soon. Since Japan usually follows the U.S. lead (with a one- or two-year lag time), my guess is that the Japan Rondo 3 will not have the ASM 3 features initially. As you know, I’m currently getting little benefit from my Rondo 2. Do you think it’s worth upgrading to the Rondo 3 even it doesn’t have the ASM 3 features yet? I don’t mind spending the extra money to upgrade again when the ASM 3 features become available. Please let me know what you think. Thanks! Kirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 26, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 @Kirk S. Think of ASM 3 as a firmware update. When my Sonnet 1 processors using ASM 1 were updated to ASM 2, my audiologist just connected them to her computer running the Med-El fitting software to make that update. I do not think any of the enhanced features of ASM 3 will change your present situation. The features are mostly front end pre-processing features to help us hear better in noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kirk S. Posted January 29, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 OK, that makes sense. My Rondo 2 is already one year old, so I think it makes sense to go ahead and get the Rondo 3 as soon as it’s available in Japan. It can’t hurt. If nothing else, the front-and-back mikes might help with hearing in noisy environments. Thanks again for the help! Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kylie Posted January 31, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 I'll be there! Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted February 9, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Sunday February 28 (UPDATED FEB 9) 9:15 am New York time start time chat opens at 9:00 for socializing Google Meet with free live captioning Looking forward to our February GoogleMeet chat. Everyone is welcome to join in. Just reply to this post so you are included in the chat invite. New people are always welcome! So far GoogleMeet invites will be sent to: @Mary Beth @Jared Charney @Joan @Megan L. @Mary Featherston @Kirk S. @Kylie Megan L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted February 9, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Are any of these chat members interested in joining in February? @Mr-LJ @Jewel @Dave in Pittsburgh @Tracey_66 @Valentin @Nikki @MallaRuth @tmscarlett10 @Nischal Koirala @polyesternapkinstowaway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted February 9, 2021 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 @HannahMcP Are you interested in joining in? I realize ABI is very different than CI but we all use the same processors and accessories and are a friendly bunch. GoogleMeet is free and has free live captions for all. Let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kirk S. Posted February 9, 2021 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Thanks, Mary Beth. I’ll be there! Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 @Mary Beth Looking forward to it!😊 Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tmscarlett10 Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Okay. Assuming all goes well during recovery - this being ten days after my surgery - I will be there!!! Mary Beth and Megan L. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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