tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443492571493865416.post7486223592530372679..comments2023-11-05T06:37:11.696-06:00Comments on I HEARD THAT!: Mapping #4, Gonna Fly Now!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13497558103478019470noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443492571493865416.post-45906859152476473542009-05-25T22:39:08.458-05:002009-05-25T22:39:08.458-05:00I totally agree, Kelly! It would be awesome if we...I totally agree, Kelly! It would be awesome if we lived close to each other!<br /><br />DD, I'll try to answer your question the best I can in regards to my experience. I hear much more with a CI than I ever heard with a hearing aid. My last audiogram was at mapping #4 (the one on this blog) at program #2. I was on program #3 which was louder than #2 by the time I left the building that day and on #4 (the loudest program at the time) immediately after that. I've since had another mapping to increase my range of sound and really increased what I was hearing. It had just as much to do with increasing the clarity as it did with raising the volume, and I adapt to new volume levels quickly (so they don't seem as loud as they do originally.) That said my last audiogram has me consistently across the board from 250Hz to 6000Hz between 15 and 25 db... not too shabby when you consider I've had a lot of tweaking for the better since then. It's truly a gift, and I can't imagine hearing aids ever giving me anything remotely similar to what I'm getting and going to get with a CI in my lifetime. FWIW, on paper I didn't lose much of my residual hearing in surgery, but honestly, my residual hearing doesn't contribute anything substantial to what I can hear now. I hear a completely different way and no longer have to worry about nerve damage. For the first time in my life I know that time is my friend and my hearing will only get better. The hardest part is probably the shock in the mornings of adjusting to this new world. Even when it is quiet, there's still things to hear now. Everybody's experience is different. I have really enjoyed getting the high frequency information from the world around me. It's just fascinating trying to absorb it all, and supposedly it gets much better months from now. I don't know if that helps, but numbers on a paper only go so far in telling the story. <br /><br />I hope your audiologist is able to give you what you need at your appointment.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497558103478019470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443492571493865416.post-2819733834908006262009-05-25T18:36:03.295-05:002009-05-25T18:36:03.295-05:00Thanks for explaining. How much louder do you hear...Thanks for explaining. How much louder do you hear with CI than HA? I have no objective figures, just your subjective experience. I still wonder how much benefit CI will be for me, I have only 70-75db loss at 250Hz and my audiologist says he can get me down to 15db when he reprograms my HAs. Could a CI let me hear louder than that? My audiologist doesn't think id be a CI candidate since im not deaf enough.<br /><br />I have read many other CI blogs and those hearing at only 40, 50, 60db with HAs definately hear louder with CI since they get 25-40db, depends on the person. I am learning all I can about CI and want to thank you and others for sharing your experiences. How can I compare other's experiences to what I could expect with CI?deafdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04653461540973603928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443492571493865416.post-56717140588977281552009-05-19T01:29:00.000-05:002009-05-19T01:29:00.000-05:00All I can say is bummer we don't live in the same ...All I can say is bummer we don't live in the same city! I'm just glad we found each other's blogs. :-)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242163332532260042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443492571493865416.post-59985912133178349602009-05-17T11:03:00.000-05:002009-05-17T11:03:00.000-05:00The CI is like jumping in a time machine in the ea...The CI is like jumping in a time machine in the early 1900s and landing in middle of the 1980s.... really colorful, loud, confusing, and technologically superior. Even though the place you came from was not without it's own amazing new advances, it still had a long way to go. The adventure only gets better each day you're there.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497558103478019470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443492571493865416.post-17089916572071694062009-05-17T08:02:00.000-05:002009-05-17T08:02:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing the news. Keep us up to dated w...Thanks for sharing the news. Keep us up to dated with your progress. Also how does it compare to HAs?deafdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04653461540973603928noreply@blogger.com