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Martin,

What were your work discrimination scores?

-David
"Martin Eden" <Martin-Edenn@home.com> wrote in message
news:m7lQ5.95511$hD4.23388221@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com...
> I went to see if I was I candidate today.  After some tests, it was
> determined that I am not a candidate.  Right now, I am shell-shocked.  One
> is deaf in the right ear--can't understand  speech; in the other ear, I
> can't understand speech without the aid of a hearing aid.  The trouble is
> that  I "hear" too well with the aid of a hearing aid.
>
> Feeling just plain shitty,
>
> Martin Eden
>
>
>
>

martin:
each cochlear implant manufacturer has different speech discrimination
tests for considering variables which might alter or *skewer* the test
results.
for instance, in my case, because my brain has compensated so well for
all these years in assisting me with conversation, all i really need in
order to *hear* and understand speech is just a few of the key
phonetics, and then my brain calculates all the possible variations
utilizing whatever auditory sensory input is available, and lo and
behold, i *hear* the sentence.
so, my initial speech discrimination scores were *superb* with the use
of the hearing aid, even though i'm profoundly deaf.  it wasn't because
i was *hearing* the words/sentences, but rather because my brain was
compensating for me as it's done all these years.
what did they do?
they administered a new test, one the cochlear implant folks devised in
order to *fool* my brain and prevent it from acting as a comparable
substitute for my ears...each test had an auditory tone in the
background, a *mask* of sorts, and upon conclusion of the test, martin,
it was determined i had failed.  i don't think i had ever been so happy
as i was then to have failed anything :)
ask your audiologist to check into this, it's worth a try.
besides, mary is right, there are other places to check into, as well.
don't give up.
i haven't.
missy/*venice*


In article <8usvcs$bms$1@bob.news.rcn.net>,
  "David Glaser" <glaser@ma.ultranet.com> wrote:
> Martin,
>
> What were your work discrimination scores?
>
> -David
> "Martin Eden" <Martin-Edenn@home.com> wrote in message
> news:m7lQ5.95511$hD4.23388221@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com...
> > I went to see if I was I candidate today.  After some tests, it was
> > determined that I am not a candidate.  Right now, I am shell-
shocked.  One
> > is deaf in the right ear--can't understand  speech; in the other
ear, I
> > can't understand speech without the aid of a hearing aid.  The
trouble is
> > that  I "hear" too well with the aid of a hearing aid.
> >
> > Feeling just plain shitty,
> >
> > Martin Eden
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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Before you buy.

Yeah that is the one thing they look at,    "are you being serviced by the
use of hearing aids"  now if they find that you are constantly haveing to
up/ make changes to your aids  they might reconsider.

Sandy
"Martin Eden" <Martin-Edenn@home.com> wrote in message
news:m7lQ5.95511$hD4.23388221@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com...
> I went to see if I was I candidate today.  After some tests, it was
> determined that I am not a candidate.  Right now, I am shell-shocked.  One
> is deaf in the right ear--can't understand  speech; in the other ear, I
> can't understand speech without the aid of a hearing aid.  The trouble is
> that  I "hear" too well with the aid of a hearing aid.
>
> Feeling just plain shitty,
>
> Martin Eden
>
>
>
>

"The trouble is that  I "hear" too well with the aid of a hearing aid".
Why is this a trouble?
Why do you want a CI.
Stay with your hearing aid. It's better this way than with a CI.