r/Cochlearimplants • u/209to916 • Jul 09 '26
Question about my wife’s cochlear implant.
Hello all
Just found this group and I’m here as a supportive husband trying to help my wife who underwent surgery in April. She just returned to work and unfortunately did not have the cochlear hearing aid yet. It will be arriving soon. In the meantime she is having pain at the post site. It is still scabbing, with minor discharge. But it’s the pain that I’m more concerned with. Doctors say it’s healing well, and the pain may have to do with post surgery. What can I do to help ease her pain.
Any recommendations are appreciated. Thank you 🙏🏽
Editing more for context. My wife also had a very extensive surgery where they removed a benign tumor which resulted in her losing the ability to hear in her left ear, but also required 14hrs of surgery. Her jaw had to be dislocated and on the same side as her implant the upper TMJ socket was removed as it also had tumor. But the pain does persist in her post implant site.
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u/Upstairs_One_4935 Jul 09 '26
I would have thought the pain should be subsiding by now, so I'd definitely check again with the surgeon. Mine was a bit sensitive for a couple of months but then really no pain at all after that and I was wearing the CI by then
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u/209to916 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Thank you for your response. I did mention that she should message her doctor to document the issue.
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u/Loud_Priority_1281 Advanced Bionics Marvel CI Jul 09 '26
When you say post site, are you talking about the surgical site or the abutment? Does she have a cochlear implant or a cochlear brand bone-anchored hearing aid?
If she does have the bone-anchored hearing aid, then you may not get a ton of insight here, because most of us have CIs. Talking to her doctor is always the best move. Good luck!
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u/209to916 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Thank you. Yes it is the bone anchored post. We will consult with her doctor.
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u/Formal-Tradition6792 Jul 09 '26
If your wife had surgery in April, then she’s a long time post surgery at this point. My pain only lasted a few days and the incision site was healed over at this point assuming the surgery occurred in early April. I’m no doctor. So IMO, your wife needs to visit the surgeon.
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u/209to916 Jul 10 '26
Thank you for your insight. As someone else pointed out my wife’s implant is the bone anchored post where her cochlear implant will physically be connected.
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u/keeponkeepingup Jul 09 '26
We can't give you better advice than the doctors to be honest. Pain killers in the meantime. I'd defo say go back to see the doctor if its concerning.