This is also known as an Off-The-Ear (OTE) processor.Įasy on and off functionality: I can turn it on by placing it on my implant and turn it off by taking it off. This means I do not need to worry about putting on or taking off the rechargeable battery, because the Kanso 2 is a one-piece unit processor.
It was all a little daunting but having most of my worrisome questions answered by my doctor and by other cochlear recipients slowly gave me confidence to go forward with the process.īuilt-in Rechargeable Battery: The rechargeable battery is non-removable, and internally settled (built-in) inside the Kanso 2. Fast forward to 2011, and after being told I qualified, I started to research more and more about cochlear implants all the while asking questions in social media. Yet, during a hearing evaluation, my audiologist told me I should consider cochlear implants, and I went home feeling overwhelmed. Never imagined that hearing-aids were no longer going to be sufficient for me. Either way, I was one of those people that thought hearing-aids were always going to be part of my life. Therefore, I was always given antibiotics or antihistamines, and ironically, it was also said that the medications I was taking affected my hearing loss as well.
As a child, I had allergic reactions to everything and anything that grows under the sun, (i.e., grass and tree pollen, dust, mold, etc.) So I commonly experienced recurrent ear infections.
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