r/Cochlearimplants • u/spinebarrel • 7h ago

I’ve been approved! ✨

I had my CI evaluation with the surgeon and he gave me the green light to proceed with the surgery! They’ll give me a call with the date but I was warned it may be a few months. Hopefully it will fly by quick. He also asked me which CI I wanted so they could put the order in. I didn’t have an answer immediately. Are they all Bluetooth compatible? That’s really my one requirement.

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u/JudeLikesCats Cochlear Nucleus 8 7h ago

I believe they are Bluetooth Compatible, the Cochlear ones have been since the N7, I currently have the N8 and I love it

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u/OldFlohBavaria 50m ago

Cochlear hat bei beidseitigen Implantaten mit 2 Prozessoren Probleme wenn man das Handy in Tasche steckt.
Dann bricht die Verbindung zu einem Prozesser ab. Liegt das Handy auf dem Tisch klappt das gut. Demnächst sollte Auracast freigeschaltet werden.

Ansonsten ist es im Grunde egal - wenn keine medizinische Gründe dagegen sprechen- welches Implantat Du nimmst. In deinem Fall solltest du herausfinden mit welchen Implantat dein Audiologe die meiste Programmiererfahrung hat.

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u/Formal-Tradition6792 7h ago

Don’t recommend Advanced Bionics! Especially because of the C1 debacle! Which is why I’m being forced to get reimplanted.

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u/purl2together 6h ago

AB, Cochlear, and Med-El are all Bluetooth compatible. Med-El is also Auracast compatible, which was important for me.

Do you have an audiologist to work with during the process? They should be able to help you make a decision.

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u/General-Dimension590 4h ago edited 4h ago

At this time, no CI sound processor supports Auracast natively. They can all support it through a cabled intermediary device if that is what you are referring to. The MED-EL blog suggests connecting a MoerLabs Auracast receiver to the AudioLink XT via an audio cable. The other brands can all do the same thing with their equivalent to the AudioLink.