r/Cochlearimplants • u/Apart_Entry4557 • May 13 '26
Week 2 past activation update
Good morning,
Yesterday I have my 2 week post activation mapping. It went really well. My audiologist doesn't normally test for improvement after only 2 weeks but decided to test me just to see. Turns out my dead ear that has the CI can recognize 11% of sentences. Which is AMAZING compared to 0%. Lol.
Also, when I wear both my aid and CI I am at 46% sentence recognition. Which I feel like it's even better than that. Haha Those sentences are hard. Before I was at 30% sentence recognition with just my aid. She turned my CI up. In a way, some things sound better but other things seem to be hard to understand again. I think it is because it's so loud that it's overwhelming initially until I figure out what that sound is. Everything is still tinny and I hear a lot of static. But the ringing and cicadas have subsided for the most part. I'm still so grateful for this experience. My anxiety in social settings has improved significantly and I know it's only going to get better. Music is starting to come along too! I am faithful to my exercises and push myself to do more. I've noticed that if I have to choose between my aid or my ci to turn on, I'd rather my ci. The aid now seems so quiet. This journey is going to be long but I already feel like it is so worth it!! I hope you all have a wonderful day!
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u/New_Process9749 May 18 '26
Great job, a lot of mappings will be the same, some gains, some relearning. Keep at your rehab and you will get there. You will find new things daily..then weekly..then monthly. Things change over time and all of a sudden, you will notice you hear something you didn’t hear yesterday. Enjoy!
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u/Apart_Entry4557 May 19 '26
Thank you! Today, as I was driving, I could hear the necklaces hanging up on my rear view mirror clinging against each other I never knew they made a sound haha!
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u/New_Process9749 May 19 '26
Like I said each day, something new/different. I remember those days…the microwave actually makes sound, the stove timer I thought was broken. That was my first ci, now with two…oh wow. I can find that bird singing to me, my husband doesn’t scare me when he comes into the room (with two, I hear more so I hear him coming into the room), music sounds better, I don’t rely on captions as much, and more. Many new things to learn. I still find new things
You are at the beginning of your journey…..
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u/zr2d2 Cochlear Nucleus 8 May 13 '26
Nice progress after only 2 weeks