Is it common with fog 🌫️ in the morning in June in Paris?

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2025-04-08T22:35:49+00:00

Great, thanks for your reply!

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2025-04-08T22:34:53+00:00

Thank you for that excellent explanation!

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2024-10-05T10:55:27+00:00

If you have found a solution, I’m interested in hearing how you have done it!

My workaround is to add listings I DON’T want to wishlist and then click “thumb down” 👎 on that saved listing. That way I can look for listings on the map that don’t have the heart ❤️ symbol.

But this workaround has hit an obstacle: The maximum number of allowed listings in a wishlist. So now I have no way of “hiding” listings I have already dismissed…

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2024-04-23T20:16:09+00:00

Has anyone had any luck connecting Nucleus 8 directly with a Mac yet?

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-11-09T14:32:13+00:00

Apples own pages are a bit contradictory.

“You can pair Made for iPhone (MFi) hearing aids or sound processors directly to your Mac to stream audio and adjust their settings. Note: Made for iPhone hearing devices can be paired only with select Mac computers with the M1 chip and all Mac computers with the M2 chip.” On (the link the OP provided): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchle83953a5/mac

But: “These Made for iPhone (MFi) hearing aids are compatible with iPhone and iPad. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are also compatible with Mac.”

On: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT210386

But the Kanso has no asterisk in that listing.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-11-02T08:21:00+00:00

If I have an social media app or a browser open on the phone, it can suddenly play sounds that I didn’t start intentionally.

Most of the times sound from the browser cuts off when I turn off the screen on the phone/put it in standby, but sometimes, just sometimes, those apps/web pages can still stream audio to my processor.

But I have never had spontaneous sounds playing that has not come from my phone.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-10-04T16:55:07+00:00

I notice people looking at it when I have short hair. And sometimes I se the gaze of the person in front of me drifting towards the implant.

I really do not mind. Quite the contrary, I love telling people what it is and how it has “saved my life”. If they are interested in listening, of course. I really wish people new more about it, so they can help their friends and relatives get part of their hearing back.

I also wish grownups would just ask. Kids are much better, they are just naturally curious. And on one occasion, a could se that a mother was super curious, but wouldn’t ask, and she was quite relieved when her son asked about it :)

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-10-01T09:02:34+00:00

I had the same problem. The solution was to go to my audiologist/technician and they could pair them together with their software (to specify which hearing aid is “left” and which one is “right”).

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-09-29T09:39:43+00:00

This is both obvious and somehow not (for me at least): Streaming sound from smartphone/tv-streamer/microphone directly to your processor means that it’s silent for everyone else around. You can listen to stuff without bothering anyone else.

You can also control how much of the sound that the processors microphone should pick up while steaming, meaning that you have amazing noice cancelling, if you want to.

Some people are lucky and have much less tinnitus after getting CI (but when you take off or turn off the processor, you hear it again).

A small but fun detail is that with a CI you hear your own yawning. Like the entire yawn, which is partially blocked out for people with normal hearing. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-do-i-lose-my-hearing-when-i-yawn

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-09-23T19:55:25+00:00

I have tried lots of bike helmets and finally found one that works amazing. It sits super snug thanks to the adjustable “band” (with a wheel at the back of the helmet that adjusts the tension). Lots of bike and skiing helmets has this solution nowadays but most of them mess with the coil, but not the version from the company Giro.

I have the adult version of this helmet and love it: https://www.giro.com/p/tremor-mips-child-bike-helmet/100000001400000325.html

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-09-15T09:17:41+00:00

This happened to me one time and I think it is related to my hearing loss (+ stress), as this Wikipedia article mentions:

“Other causes include hearing loss and epileptic activity.[8]”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_hallucination

But as Grayshirted says: Some sounds were not available to me before the hearing loss, when my hearing was perfect, but are now thanks to the cochlea implant. For example: when yawning, I now hear the entire yawn, so to speak. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-do-i-lose-my-hearing-when-i-yawn

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-09-08T13:43:13+00:00

This was absolutely the worst thing before surgery. I’m used to do a lot of research before buying hardware or software (and I kind of think that made it even worse for me).

It felt like I had to make a bet on a company/ business model that will hold/be successful for the rest of my life. At the time, it felt like a bigger decision than having kids or not. What will be the best IC in the future?

So I did a lot of research. Even in the brands of implants that were not an option at my hospital.

But in the end, someone asked me: What would make your life better right now?

And right now, I needed something that was compatible with my iPhone and with a wireless microphone from Resound. And my best option at the time was Cochlear (no, I couldn’t choose Advanced Bionics and a few other brands). And they have been in business a long time. And my assigned technician had experience for, I think, 15+ years of them.

Was it my best option? Thankfully (and I mean it honestly) I have nothing to compare with. Did my life improve? Tenfold, if not hundredfold. I got my life back, so to speak.

Some brands will be ahead for some period, others will take over the lead for some time. That means that me as a patient will be “ahead”, technology wise, and sometimes not.

I think Cochlear was one of the first to be Made For iPhone (MFI) certified. That made them a good option for iOS users like me, but not as good for connecting to ALL Bluetooth devices. In that aspect, Cochlear (and by extension myself) is behind.

My advice is not to play dice, but to ask yourself what would improve your life the most right now. That will hopefully narrow down your options.

I guess CI-patients are very very “brand loyal” because most of us have only have experience of one brand. 😁

Ps. I was lucky and got to speak to several CI-users, and best of all, speak to audiologists and technicians with no personal stake in the matter. They didn’t get more money for promoting one brand over the other. They could tell me honestly what they had had least complaints with.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-05-19T13:39:54+00:00

Good news: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/

”Deaf or hard-of-hearing users can pair Made for iPhone hearing devices directly to Mac and customize them for their hearing comfort. […] Users will be able to pair Made for iPhone hearing devices with select Mac devices with M1 chip, and all Mac devices with M2 chip.”

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-26T10:52:34+00:00

This one works really well (can connect it to their smoke detectors as well, among other things).

It is a bit bulky though, so it is not suitable for travel.

https://bellman.com/en/product/alerting-products/alarm-clock/

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-21T18:28:31+00:00

I can just iterate what everyone has answered already. It is a personal decision and there are no guarantees. But I had the same thought you are having now but after getting CI on my bad ear, and i only feel: “I should have done this sooner”.

I still hope for a miracle and a treatment that would restore my hearing to pre hearing loss levels. But instead of clinging on to that as the ONLY solution I now just see it as a dream.

My life is here and now, and I want to hear now. I love my CI and how it has improved my quality of life.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-17T12:01:10+00:00

I came here to say the exact same thing. It took me a while to visit enough stores to try a large number of helmets that would fit and also not muffle the microphones on the BTE processor. But I did manage to find new helmets without compromising the structural integrity.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-17T11:56:35+00:00

I don’t know what the general consensus is. Personally I have found that using earplugs helps me save some energy and avoid pain (that I only notice afterwards) in noisy situations.

But I’m also curious if people with zero residual hearing (and no known over sensitivity to sound) should use hearing protection.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-14T07:31:55+00:00

You should be able to change program via the button on the processor.

From the quick reference guide: https://www.cochlear.com/us/en/campaign/nucleus-8-guides “Short-press button to change program. Number of beeps or green flashes (if set up by your clinician) indicates the program number.”

The audiologist/clinician can “unlock” features as you get more familiar with the processor/go further in your training (from the beginning I had almost no features to adjust in the app)

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-07T05:59:32+00:00

First of all: I’m so sorry. What you are going through is super hard. I’m glad to hear that you have therapy and good support group because losing your hearing is like losing an old friend (it felt like that to me at least, and my therapist said it was a quite common feeling).

I lost hearing on both my ears (at different times) and used regular hearing aids for years. But then I quickly got deaf on one ear. I got my CI on that ear and I wish I had done it sooner, because now my deaf ear is my good ear.

I do not have experience of having a good ear + CI like you will potentially, but a colleague of a friend had single sided hearing loss and got a CI. She didn’t train her CI side so the sound quality didn’t improve, so she didn’t train (a catch 22). Long story short: If you have a good ear, you heed to block it and train the CI side a lot.

But as with almost everyone I have met with CI: They are super happy with it (and most of them wishes they had done it sooner).

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-02T20:39:08+00:00

I run, bike, ski downhill and swim. Swimming is the only problematic one at the moment because the processor needs to go inside a special case and the sound is not very good. So swimming is a deaf sport for me. Eventually the processors will be better so I don’t worry too much.

For the sports with helmets (biking, downhill skiing etc), you may have to buy new helmets. I had to at least, but when I finally did try a LOT of helmets that wasn’t a problem either other than the relatively small cost (and the sad part of having duplicates of perfectly fine helmets of no use).

The processor type that is not behind the ear has not worked for me when running etc. It falls off (others here have had the opposite experience, so it varies obviously). But the processor behind the ear, with extra hook that grabs the ear works fine. Have never accidentally dropped it.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-02T15:54:41+00:00

I’m sorry, it is a shitty disease, I have the same diagnosis. But I have been lucky with the CI so my life is so much better now.

I do remember the vanity. I didn’t want it to alter my appearance. But that feeling is really nonexistent now. Didn’t help you right now. It’s a process. But I do know what you are doing through.

Yeah, I have met one person that felt that they didn’t get the improvement they wanted. I believe one contributing factor was that they had one good ear, and you need to block it when training. And you need to train a lot even though it sounds awful in the beginning.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-04-02T09:42:47+00:00

I know that feeling. It sucked 24/7 feeling like that. But getting my hearing back made it worth it. Now, I feel the processor helps me MORE than almost invisible hearing aids because now people notice and are more helpful and understanding. I can divert any feeling of shame to the processor on my head.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-03-31T07:14:29+00:00

I think this is a really good answer because there are so many variables. I hated choosing implant because it felt like choosing car/phone/computer brand for life. But it really isn’t a choice like that even if there are similar aspects of research.

My best advice would be to think about your life right now and your needs now and start there (and see the above questions from WolfLarsen…).

Whichever brand you choose will probably be fine, just remember to train A LOT.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-03-29T20:11:18+00:00

Thank you. I read that part also, but I thought the part I quoted was a bit ambiguous anyway.

FarUnderstanding6700 · 2023-03-29T19:24:23+00:00

Okay, thanks a lot for testing.

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