A couple weeks ago, I went to an audiologist to determine why I haven't been hearing as well as before. The news hasn't been much of a surprise - I've been losing more of my hearing. I'm fine with that. Since I'm already stretching the limits and bounds of hearing aids with my existing hearing loss, she suggested considering cochlear implants: an interesting device that is a marvel of modern technology. They drill a hole in the skull to lead an electrode wire (with 20-some electrodes) deep into the cochlear, to stimulate the cochlear where the dead cochlear hairs cannot. The neat thing about it is that I'd finally most likely be able to hear the S sounds (as in "houses" and "Sam" and "hiss") and other high frequency sounds. Maybe I'll finally hear music as it's supposed to be. Especially those lyrics I always seem to misunderstand, like:
"Just give me one walnut" ==> "Just give me one more night"
"Oh, looking through the window" ==> "Oh, look at what you do to me, oh...."
There's lots of questions that I have, and I've only begun to scratch the surface.
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Have you decided on the Phonak Naida V UP HA? It's better than the SP. That HA should have you set till you can get stem cells in a few years.
ReplyDeleteI haven't yet. I'll have to evaluate it with my audiologist.
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