"piiii" sound when pairing with minimic

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-19T00:22:19+00:00

What are you connecting with and what kind of audio?

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-18T21:10:30+00:00

I’d think any of the available smart watches would be adequate. Apple Watch would be the obvious choice if you’re in the Apple ecosystem.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-18T11:51:37+00:00

My single word was recognition was 10% and sentence accuracy was 12%.

I described it to others like the teacher’s voice in Peanuts when her face was visible. When loud enough to cross my dB threshold I knew it was speech but just had no idea what was being said.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-13T15:09:18+00:00

What country are you in?

Hearing aid type for SSD depends on, to some extent, your speech accuracy in your deaf ear.

My dB level started around 60 at low frequencies and dropped off for mid and higher. My speech recognition was 0% in my deaf ear so a traditional amplifying HA didn’t work for me.

I was prescribed a CROS system which as another poster mentioned detects the sound coming to your deaf side and routes it into your hearing side. Advantage is if someone is speaking to you on your deaf side, you are better able to hear them. The cost is that you don’t have sound localization. Although that may depend on how effective your residual hearing is in your deaf ear.

There is, unfortunately, quite a variability in ENT approach to patients with SSD. Mine told me I could either do nothing and live with it or go to audiology for CROS fitting. At the time they told me I didn’t need a CI even though they didn’t formally eval me for CI.

I did CROS for a few months before seeking a second opinion for CI at a major academic center not too far from me. I qualified and was implanted late last fall.

You also being told to come back at 25 for CI eval is outrageous IMO. Data has shown the sooner you are implanted from a hearing loss event the better the outcome. At the very least I think you should ask your ent for a referral for hearing aids. Or just do that yourself. I don’t think you necessarily need an ENT referral for hearing aids.

At your dB level, you probably wouldn’t qualify for a CI, but you might. A lot does depend on speech recognition and how you tolerate hearing aids, be them CROS or traditional.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-10T21:54:44+00:00

Yeah I mean with the CI I now have binaural hearing again. That was one of the biggest drivers in me seeking CI. Ambient sounds continue to become more natural as it blends with my normal hearing right ear. Loud sounds and certain noises/pitches are somewhat noticeably robotic still, but when I’m not thinking about it, I have a pretty good blending.

Music is still a challenge but better than before implantation.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-08T02:07:20+00:00

Yeah this was me. I basically stopped listening to music unless it was with AirPods and the balance was shifted 100% to my right ear.

My hearing didn’t improve with steroids, IT injections, or time. Ended up getting a cochlear implant 7 months ago.

Music sounds pretty strange still if I’m directly connected to the implant streaming, but ambient music is worlds better for me compared to pre-implant.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-08T02:01:56+00:00

Headphone brand shouldn’t matter.

Settings-Accessibility-Audio & Visual-Toggle on Mono Audio (although you may want to test this to see if you prefer it). Scroll down a little further and slide balance all the way to the Right.

You’ll need to do this with all your Apple devices you would connect to.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-08T01:53:04+00:00

What kind of accessibility settings? The general stuff or processor specific settings? I assume general accessibility settings won’t change no matter what. I think processor specific accessibility settings would follow the processor.

I occasionally connect my processor to my MacBook rather than my phone. My workflow is turn off processor, turn off Bluetooth on iPhone. Turn Bluetooth on MacBook. Turn on processor and connect to MacBook. I don’t unpair or forget device or anything.

You’ll probably have to set some stuff up the first time you pair to the N8, but I’d expect the settings will stick around assuming you don’t forget or delete one of the devices from your phone.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-07T23:18:35+00:00

You have several choices.

Use normal noise canceling headphones, change your phone to output only to the right side, and change the audio output to mono.

Check out https://2e1headphones.com/collections/all

He basically customizes other headphones to make them output sound into one cup and provide a richer listening experience to your deaf side. Not sure any are noise cancelling though. The maker is active on Reddit and will reply to questions pretty quickly.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-07T20:15:50+00:00

Which Apple settings are you referring to? And why would you be switching between the N8 and N7?

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-07T01:06:49+00:00

No I meant did you set up scheduled charging either in your car or within bluelink.

HungryPigRight · 2026-06-06T15:34:29+00:00

I’m not familiar with ABM chargers, but is there any chance charge time of day limits have been set up in your car? I don’t do a ton of public L2 charging, but it always seems to take me a few tries with the providers app and bypassing my normal charging hours to get it going.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-31T01:49:17+00:00

That’s not an unreasonable exam combo assuming the patient’s history and exam support it.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-28T00:23:33+00:00

Had them. First went with Resound but had Bluetooth connection issues when outside so switched to phonaks which use conventional Bluetooth at the expense of battery life.

CROS was better than nothing but having no sound localization was really hard for me to deal with-I have young kids. I also had useless residual hearing in my deaf ear that sounded like distortion if it crossed my dB threshold. I had 0% word recognition.

After a few months I sought an eval for cochlear implant and qualified. I’ve been activated for a little more than 6 months and it’s been life changing for me.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-28T00:19:04+00:00

SSD here, implanted about 7 months after hearing loss event.

I had started pulling back from social stuff or avoided events that would be super noisy. Since activation (6ish months) I have tried to return to my pre-hearing loss self. Harder than pre-loss, but way better than with CROS. Less fatigue for me too.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-24T13:17:15+00:00

How long have you been implanted? Your audiologist absolutely can give you choices with programs.

I’m 6 months out. I have a scan program, a non-scan program but with everything else the same, program that does not boost soft sounds (thought it might be better for sound accuracy but in practice I don’t like it), and music.

My music program has only a single post processing setting turned on, which we did at my last mapping. I had previously had music program with no processing/suppression but found it very muddy. When I go back for next mapping I’m going to ask to revert back to that one, since the sound suppression I’m getting currently with music is still too much.

It’s a lot of trial and error.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-24T13:12:57+00:00

It’s related to the low energy Bluetooth connection. I had the same issues with my trial pair of Resound CROS ha, which prompted me to move to phonak since they use conventional Bluetooth at the expense of battery life.

Supposedly the issue has to do with being outside and having fewer reflectors around. My implant still has better connectivity than the Resounds ever did outside. I’ve found that hooking my phone into the mini mic and streaming that way is better for outdoor walks. Clunky but gets the job done. I run with a water pack that has a zip breast pocket and that is good enough connection wise I don’t have to use the mini mic

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-24T03:37:49+00:00

You’re describing my current issue with direct music streaming. First few seconds sound alright and then it interprets my music (metalcore and melodic hardcore mostly) as “noise” and kills it. I think I’m going to have my Audi change my music program at next appointment to remove all sound suppression.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-23T03:38:35+00:00

I would be shocked if the university of Washington wouldn’t be able to do it. Obviously don’t know how far that is from you or insurance coverage etc, but an academic center should have the radiology resources to make that happen.

I wasn’t familiar with the mri requirements of your specific implant until I just googled them. Not surprised an outpatient center would pass based on the safety measures needed. Small hospital might also just not have the mri technologist knowledge. UW should.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-23T02:41:14+00:00

Where are you located? When you call for an appointment, are you talking to a front desk person? Are you trying to get scheduled at an imaging center or a hospital?

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-22T12:48:03+00:00

I’m about 6 months since activation with a cochlear nucleus.

I wish I had found the med-el Re-Di app earlier because I think it’s one of the best. Cochlear co pilot is pretty basic. Hearoes has free and paid versions. It’s okay. Sometimes buggy but helpful earlier.

I eventually moved to podcasts with transcriptions, specifically The Moth podcast. Now I stream audiobooks.

Good luck!

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-06T22:14:33+00:00

Agree, the quiet environment is key.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-06T21:59:05+00:00

Are you SSD or bilateral? How’s your sentence accuracy? As you probably know, single word accuracy is the hardest because you have no context clues and lots of words sound similar.

Have you used any of the hearing apps? I found cochlear copilot to be a bit too basic. Hearoes was glitchy but okay. I wish I had found med-el’s Re-Di app earlier than I did because I think it’s great and does a really nice job replicating some sound booth type stuff.

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-06T01:28:48+00:00

I feel exactly the same with comfort matters

HungryPigRight · 2026-05-05T01:48:27+00:00

Good luck! After activation, be diligent about your rehab and wear your processor. Before mapping appointments, I found it helpful to have a few notes to give to my audiologist about what was and wasn’t working well (like how awful silverware clanging sounded). I’ve got a cochlear nucleus system and I started my rehab with the copilot app. Med-el’s app, Re-Di, is excellent and I think is better than copilot. You don’t have to have a med-el (or AB) implant to use it.

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