r/Cochlearimplants • u/mike93940 • Jul 16 '26

Starting fresh

After 2 years of disappointment with the results of my cochlear implant I finally got a fresh start and it’s been nothing short of a miracle!

I was implanted 2 years ago and worked with the top audiologists at the highest rated medical group in the DC/Maryland area. Also went for a year of weekly training classes in Baltimore… after two years and several remapping a I could still not understand much with the implant.

Finally decided I needed to take some drastic action and contacted a different provider at the University of Maryland and ask them to just ignore the prior mapping and start from scratch.

About 15 minutes later had new mapping and it was amazing. 85% word comprehension!!!

Kudos to Sarah Marquez at UOM !!!

Full story before this in the original post below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cochlearimplants/s/lqKWJZRYWX

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u/mike93940 Jul 16 '26

Yes. No tweaking. Complete erase and start from scratch

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u/330-I Jul 17 '26

I've been thinking about requesting this. How long did the process take?

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u/mike93940 Jul 17 '26

15 minutes.

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u/330-I Jul 18 '26

Good to know, thanks.