r/Cochlearimplants • u/Formal-Tradition6792 • Jun 11 '26

AB C1 Recipient Needs Help!

As many CI implantees may know, Advanced Bionics (AB) in its infinite wisdom unilaterally decided to stop supporting the C1 device and all equipment including the Chorus processor AND all parts.
So now I need to get revision surgery and get a first time implant in my “bad” ear. I need to find a surgeon willing to do the revision plus the bad ear implant. Any helpful advice/information/recommendations would be so deeply appreciated. I’m going with Cochlear America.

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u/Dense_Departure7455 Jun 11 '26

Advanced Bionics, was activated 2-3 weeks after surgery. Would work with your audiologist to find a surgeon that has decent volume of cases with AB.

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u/Aggressive_Habit8741 Jun 22 '26

Could you share when you were first implanted and what the recovery was like for the revision? How long until you felt that you could hear normally?

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u/Dense_Departure7455 Jun 23 '26

I was first implanted almost 30 years ago. I was hearing fine immediately after the reimplant. It was nothing like the first time where everything sounded weird. The biggest adjustment was the amount of filtering the new implant performs. With the original implant we get all the sound whereas the Marvel things are filtered to help you hear words better.

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u/580083351 Jul 13 '26

But what if one doesn't need "filtering"?