Then, Mary Ann heard about the new off-the-ear Kanso 2 Sound Processor in the summer of 2020 and she immediately said “I’ll take it!” The Kanso 2 Sound Processor provides the same features and hearing performance as her Nucleus 7 Sound Processor, but with more simplicity and convenience because of the built-in battery.
She also loved the small and lightweight design. She enjoyed the sound quality of the behind-the-ear sound processor, the control of the Nucleus Smart App and the benefits of hearing in various environments 1. Mary Ann upgraded her Nucleus 6 Sound Processor to the Nucleus 7 Sound Processor. Upgrading: off-the-ear versus behind-the-ear “My cochlear implant gave me my life back.” Daily, she walks her dogs through the woods behind her house and not only hears the birds chirping but can also identify the direction they are coming from. To this day she regularly hears new sounds she didn’t even know she had been missing. She immediately realized her experience wasn’t like that, but she worked hard to retrain her brain to hear even the softest of sounds. Mary Ann believed she would hear right away, like putting on a pair of glasses to see. I have to hear.” At the recommendation of her audiologist, she was implanted in 2015 and received a Cochlear Nucleus 6 Sound Processor. “I have to be part of this world I am living in. She was unable to hear on the phone, communicate with friends and family and take care of the family business. It was after the loss of her husband that she realized how dependent she had become on her husband to be her ears. Mary Ann lost her husband a short time later. When the paramedics arrived, Mary Ann realized she was not able to hear at all. Then one afternoon, while delivering a meal to a friend recovering from surgery, Mary Ann was in a car accident that caused damage to her other ear. She began wearing a hearing aid on her right ear. Back then, the dryers and blowers had a high-pitched squeal and over time, it left her with damaged hearing and ringing in her ears. She has struggled with hearing loss since her 40’s due to her career as a hairstylist. She is a master gardener and native plant enthusiast working as a consultant for people in her area who have gardening questions. I do know that I sweat a lot at my job and workout regularly so I need a device that I don't need to worry about sweating all over.Īny help is appreciated and it's so wonderful knowing that I'm not the only one going through this journey.Mary Ann loves the outdoors. I just need to know who those are recommended for and if they are just as good as the BTE ones. Right now I'm considering the Rondo or Kanso as I work an active job and I really don't want the BTE piece if it can be avoided. So any help anyone can give in this would be extremely helpful. I have my Speech thing on Aug 3rd and honestly I really don't know what to expect. I did get a hearing aid for my right ear but I can no longer hear music well and just basic conversations with people are becoming a tad stressful. (This is also the ear that the CI will be in). I got 2 words right out of 25 during the hearing test. Long story short, I lost the hearing in that ear for the most part. When I went, I had an ear infection and fluid built up in my ear.
She told me it was urgent I get to an ENT. Told me she had informed me I needed to get the wax cleaned out on the last visit, but I didn't hear her correctly I guess. Anyway, the next visit nearly a month later I was noticing I couldn't hear as well and she was astonished. But all that changed in 2014 when I had a wax build-up and the hearing aid specialist didn't make sure I heard her on a check-up, she was always talking to me when I didn't have my hearing aid in which on something as important as wax-build up you would think she'd make sure I clearly understood her. It worked fabulously and I felt like I had gotten back into life again for awhile. I finally got a Miracle Ear hearing aid in 2011 because it was starting to get hard to understand people. It worked tremendously but over the years it decreased. I was diagnosed with Otosclerosis in 1998 and had a Stapedectomy surgery in my left ear. Though I've struggled with my hearing nearly all my life (and I'm 42), it never crossed my mind that eventually I'd be a candidate for a CI. Hello, I am new to this whole Cochlear Implant idea.
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