[nfb-db] hearing aides and more

[Scott Davert]

Hi Sheila.
I agree with others here that say you should at least look in to it.
Even if now isn't the time to get a cochlear implant, you may decide
further down the road that it is. And you'll have the info ready. I
wanted to add my own perspective on this. For those uninterested, feel
free to press the delete key, I won't be offended. (smiles).
One of the reasons I have chosen to refrain from getting a cochlear
implant thus far has been the risks already mentioned in other
messages. The other is that this is no where near an overnight process
as I understand it. First, you have to wait several days for the
device to even be turned on after the surgery. After that, you
essentially need to learn to rehear things, as it sounds much
different than what you experience with your hearing aids. And while I
have the understanding that this is eventually a process I will need
to go through, and something I'm attempting to prepare for, I'm not
yet ready. I have too busy of a lifestyle to just put everything on
hold for several weeks while  I recover from surgery. I have many
sound effects libraries in digital format which I can start to use to
retrain my ear to hear sounds and then identify what they are, but
again, this is a serious undertaking. At least, from the people I've
witnessed going through it and the things I've read, it certainly
appears that way. I'd be interested to get the perspective of others
who have had it done...

Scott


On 7/15/13, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sheila, without knowing your frequency loss, if you do not want to consider
> CI, then don't. You should look into it briefly atleast, if with that
> knowledge, you don't think its for you, then leave it at that. If your
> audiologist and doctor think that you should consider it, then do so. Like
> Janice said, you need to have a certain level of hearing loss first.
>
> Marsha drenth
> Sent with my IPhone
>
> On Jul 15, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
>
>> hi my siser is wanting meto find out about the cocliar implants. I don't
>> think my hearing is bad enough for those yet. in fact, it is really scary
>> to hink about.
>> On 7/15/2013 5:34 PM, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>>> Sheila,
>>> Do you mean like in Implants, as Cochlor Implants?
>>> I was told that I needed to get them. If you have some hearing left over,
>>> although not great, if you were to get CI, they would destroy the rest of
>>> your natural hearing. I am not sure how bad your hearing is before you
>>> should CI's.
>>>
>>> Marsha drenth
>>> Sent with my IPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:00 AM, Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi I just got my hearing aides adjusted on Friday. My T coils are now
>>>> activated. I didn't even know that they needed to be. I thought that
>>>> because they were a part of my aides that they were automatically
>>>> activated. I also want to know because someone asked me if I would be
>>>> getting implants, how much hearing loss do you need to have to need
>>>> them? I also know they are really expensive, and does insurance pay for
>>>> them? just want to know in case this discussion comes up.thanks much.
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