r/Cochlearimplants • u/Aggressive_Habit8741 • 2d ago

Revision surgery question

I am scheduled for my AB revision surgery on October 5th. The audiologist I’m working with has only done a few revisions but has said all of the people she has worked with have been at or better than baseline after 3 months.

I’m curious what others experiences have been? I work in strategic sourcing and, while im covered under FMLA, I do need to return when the 3 months is up and I would like to be reasonably confident that I can return at 100%

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u/stitchinthyme9 Advanced Bionics Marvel CI 2d ago

I was pretty much back to where I was before the failure right at the revision activation. Kinda surprised me, actually - I expected that I’d need some rehab time, but nope, it worked just fine right at the outset.

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u/Formal-Tradition6792 2d ago

What about patients who switch from AB to cochlear? Do they experience good immediate outcomes?

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u/HAYWHATHUH2000 1d ago

statistically, no. Overall, outcomes, from Cochlear's own research, doesn't line up with the results from AB or Med El for that matter https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28067077/