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Bilateral hearing with one implant?
Enquiry: I’ve heard that there is a new implant which goes to both ears at once. Is this available for anyone? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Reply: There is an implant system produced by Digisonic which has a single internal receptor with two electrode arrays. One of the electrode arrays goes into the cochlear on the same side as the implanted receiver and a wire goes across the head unde...
Posted on September 8, 2010 16:47
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Assessing for a sequential implant
Enquiry: Both my sons are profoundly deaf, they have 1 implant and are undergoing assessment for a second 1 - my query is around the criteria that are being used to decide whether they should be offered a sequential impant. The impant team are looking at BKB scores in the quiet only. I have asked that they consider BKB in noise and whilst they have done these tests which demonstrate a massively reduced score they do not seem willing to consider these as part o...
Posted on September 2, 2010 13:48
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Toddler reluctant to wear second implant
Enquiry:We have done the surgery of the second implant and we activated it two days ago. Marcos had his 1st implant at the age of 9 months and the second one at the age of 19 months. He is now 20 months old. Marcos does not like the second implant so far. He sometimes accepts to wear both of them but he does not like at all to wear the second implant alone. The second implant's volume is around 75% of the maximum (of the 1st one). He does not seem to bother wi...
Posted on May 28, 2010 18:50
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Waiting times
Enquiry: My daughter had her 1st implant at 2 1/2 and is now nearly 8. We have been offered bilateral implants but told it will be 2 years from now. Are you aware of waiting times around the country in implant centres so we do not have to wait so long? We live in Devon and this needs consideration considering the travelling for mapping etc. Reply: We are not aware of such a lengthy waiting time for a second implant. Imp...
Posted on February 23, 2010 15:52
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Deciding on a second processor
Enquiry: My one year old grand-daughter received her first Freedom implant four months ago. She is waiting to have the second next month. We have heard that a new processor is now available in the UK called Nucleus 5. We can't get one in Japan but we wonder if it is worth bringing the family home to ensure that she gets the newest possible processor. Reply: This is a situation that the family will have to weigh up to see wh...
Posted on November 10, 2009 15:17
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Different implants
Enquiry: I have two implants but they are each from a different company. Do you know of anybody else in a similar situation? Reply: We are aware of only one person in the country who has two implants from different companies. There may be more out there who will hopefully get in touch. Apparently in Scandinavia (where bilateral implantation is more common) there are quite a number of people with implants from differe...
Posted on November 6, 2009 16:59
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Bilateral recipients of different processors
Enquiry: I would like to find out if there are any bi-lateral CI recipients in the UK with implants from different manufacturers EG Harmony & Freedom Reply: There will be bilateral users in the UK of all three brands of processor. To find more information and be put in touch with users of the Advanced Bionics Harmony, get in touch with
Posted on November 3, 2009 17:19
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Two implants or one and an aid?
Enquiry: My daughter has recently gone deaf at the age of 4. We have been told that she meets the criteria for implantation in one ear but not in the other, so she will be wearing a hearing aid in the other ear. Do you think we should be pushing for cochlear implants in both ears? Reply: If the second ear does not meet the criteria for implantation then your daughter will certainly be getting useful input from that ear us...
Posted on October 23, 2009 16:58