Eeenie-meeenie-meinie-mo.
Which way shall my hearing go?
Left ear, right ear, brain in the middle.
Pick one, stick one, let the surgeon fiddle.
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I am *allowed* to be silly after 10pm, surely!
Here’s an update on the CI roller coaster ride. I’ve had the CT scan and MRI scan, and completed all the hearing tests. The results are….
BKB (Bamford Kowal Bench) sentence tests
These tests are designed to test speech understanding through recognition of 3 or 4 key words in each sentence. About 40 sentences were spoken at 70db in a soundproof room and I had to listen and repeat each sentence. Then I was asked to lipread a man’s face – he had no expression at all which made me realise how important this it – it was much more difficult to lipread someone who had a deadpan expression!
Left ear 26%
Right ear 42%
Binaural 53% ( NICE cutoff is 50%)
- Listening and lipreading;
Left ear 91%
Right ear 99%
Lipreading alone; 45%
Pure tone audiogram;
Left ear (decibels) 80, 100, 105, 110, 130
Left ear (hertz) 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000
Right ear (decibels) 65, 85, 110, 120, 140
Right ear (hertz) 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000
The medical team will have their meeting next week, to decide whether I can have a CI or not. Then I’ll go and meet them to be given the decision. I will be glad to finally find out what my options are.
Eeenie-meeenie-meinie-mo.
Which way shall my hearing go?
Left ear, right ear, brain in the middle.
Pick one, stick one, let the surgeon fiddle.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am *allowed* to be silly after 10pm, surely!
Here’s an update on the CI roller coaster ride. I’ve had the CT scan and MRI scan, and completed all the hearing tests. The results are….
BKB (Bamford Kowal Bench) sentence tests
These tests are designed to test speech understanding through recognition of 3 or 4 key words in each sentence. About 40 sentences were spoken at 70db in a soundproof room and I had to listen and repeat each sentence. Then I was asked to lipread a man’s face – he had no expression at all which made me realise how important this it – it was much more difficult to lipread someone who had a deadpan expression!
Left ear 26%
Right ear 42%
Binaural 53% ( NICE cutoff is 50%)
Left ear 91%
Right ear 99%
Lipreading alone; 45%
Pure tone audiogram;
Left ear (decibels) 80, 100, 105, 110, 130
Left ear (hertz) 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000
Right ear (decibels) 65, 85, 110, 120, 140
Right ear (hertz) 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000
The medical team will have their meeting next week, to decide whether I can have a CI or not. Then I’ll go and meet them to be given the decision. I will be glad to finally find out what my options are.