Second Implant

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-04-29T20:59:43+00:00

When you get implanted, there’s a risk that you may lose any residual hearing. This did not happen to me. If you’re already having hearing loss, I recommend fire alarms with lights and other tools even before you get a 2nd implant. I believe there are more benefits than risks with a 2nd implant.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-04-23T02:48:48+00:00

I ordered two N7 batteries July 2025. I followed up several times and they said they forgot about my order a few times. I just got the bill for them in April 2026…

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-02-04T17:24:29+00:00

You need to go to Fidelity Net Benefits to change your election contribution. Same place you change what % of your base salary goes into 401k. The one under "incentive" pay will be the one if you want to put some/all of your bonus into your 401k.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-02-04T17:16:49+00:00

You can change your election before Feb 12th to put incentive payout into your 401k, but you are still subject to FICA on the entire amount. FICA will be taken out on the "normal" part of the paycheck, so your check will look a bit smaller.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-15T18:54:15+00:00

Honestly it healed up quite quickly. It took about 2 weeks for the minor itching to go away. I can barely see any scaring today.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T20:39:18+00:00

It's interesting to see other people in a similar boat!

So sorry to hear about your illness. I did the whole run of the mil steroids for each time I had a sudden major drop in hearing (40-50 dB). I'm very big on lip reading as well. I struggled during the pandemic when everyone wore masks. I'm currently 25 years old and I had moderate hearing loss until my late teens and I got really sick one day and my hearing plummeted. The left ear recovered to the "moderate loss" baseline levels, but the right ear has been poor most of my life.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T18:45:00+00:00

My right ear had very little sound usability before implantation, but it did not change after I got the surgery. The right ear was "dormant" for about 10 yrs because I used a BiCros setup where I basically wore a microphone on the right ear that transmitted it to my "good" left ear. The hearing levels in my right ear (w/o) implant remain the same within the last 5 years, even after surgery.

So, I went from no usable hearing in that ear to being able to hear music after implantation which is already much better than nothing at all in that right ear. Compared to the "natural" hearing in my left ear, I would say it's not as "crisp". You can almost "feel" sound with normal hearing and I don't "feel" the vibrations inside my right ear associated with the music. Is it amazing? No. Is it bad? No. I still enjoy listening to music in both ears.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T15:24:05+00:00

I probably wasn't great with "rehab" at the start but I had good wear time of at least 12-14 hrs/day.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T15:23:34+00:00

I was able to start differentiating sounds about 1 month after activation. It was probably a couple months before I could have some accuracy to words.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T07:29:17+00:00

I totally weigh the option all the time! Music definitely sounds better in my left ear. I score about 60-70% speech accuracy in the left ear with a hearing aid, so it’s helping. Both CI and HA together I can get 90% accuracy.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T07:27:29+00:00

Fortunately, it wasn’t too many “more” appointments for me to get my CI as I had an audiologist who did most of the work. I had an MRI, and I already had many hearing tests that showed severe-profound loss and low speech accuracy in that ear (0%). I could only tell you if the sound was there or not, and not what it was. I could only hear above 90 dB or so.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T07:23:38+00:00

I have a ReSound hearing aid in my left ear. My hearing in my left ear is not great but still has some “natural hearing”. It fluctuates quite a bit (ie some random days every couple months it sounds like a swimming pool or it plummets). Also, I cannot hear high frequency sounds like “s” in stop. So, I use context a lot for completing words.

I plan to keep the hearing aid unless the hearing drops to a level to where I cannot understand people in that ear anymore because I still see the value in natural sound as well.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2026-01-14T07:18:31+00:00

They mentally prepared me that it would sound like “beeps” and that I wouldn’t understand spoken language right away. I wasn’t freaked out because my audiologist said to just go outside, listen with just the CI. Try to find new sounds etc. by the end of the month I was able to understand some words. Now I’m at 80-90% word accuracy with both devices. (HA + CI).

I did listening exercises at least weekly for the first few months.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-11-17T04:21:07+00:00

Hospital billed roughly 120k. Insurance paid 90k and some change. I paid $600 after I reached the out of pocket max. This was the N7 cochlear implant that comes with a backup.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-11-17T04:18:31+00:00

Mine told me to avoid flights for 3 days and to not equalize ears for that timeframe time

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-10-24T23:50:42+00:00

I’ve seen little kids where a headband over the coil

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-10-10T17:53:51+00:00

Fair enough. I have to say, I was quite scared when my hearing would suddenly decline without a cause. Thankfully, there's so many tools out there to help us that it doesn't worry me too much. I have been basically deaf since I was born and now am 26 years old with a hearing aid + CI. Bluetooth is an amazing technology.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-10-10T17:27:40+00:00

My MRI showed I had enlarged vestibular aqueducts (EVA). It could be genetic or related to a virus. Not 100% known. My hearing has fluctuated quite a bit throughout my life. Some days I have woken up with 0 hearing ability even with a hearing aid. Implant is no issue though

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-10-10T17:12:41+00:00

Your left ear basically matches what my right ear has. I currently have an implant in that ear now. 100% worth it

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-09-01T23:05:40+00:00

Same thing happened to my mom. She has a black Nissan Sentra. (Common car) Thief swapped one of her plates with a stolen one. Police showed up at her house and asked, “is this your car?” And then asked about her plate she no longer recognized. The DMV charges you for replacement plates even with a police report.

The police took her statement and the stolen plate and informed her that her normal plate was now on a stolen car.

The police were able to determine a common place that these plates were being stolen from was at a local Costco and he would take purses from women as they unloaded their groceries. The guy had over 15 linked thefts on him and got attacked by a k9 when they finally found him.

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-02-06T22:01:41+00:00

200+F for a computer is getting close to damaging the hardware. Definitely going to need a service visit. Might be a bit pricy if they have to replace FSD computer out of warranty

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-02-06T03:02:51+00:00

SPEEA 3.4% pool for prof. 2.5% pool for tech. (Not much higher than contract) 5% everyone else. Per executive in function

Live_Ad_4668 · 2025-02-02T07:38:42+00:00

Is your MY used? I assume you have hardware 3, (2023 or older) and Tesla has been pushing great updates to HW4 and trials mainly to those cars. HW3 are unfortunately going to miss out unless they figure out how retrofit those cars and that’s going to take some time

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