But it sure is mind-blowing when you see the results formalised on paper.
Below are the results for my speech perception with a hearing aid, prior to the surgery, compared to with the left CI only, right CI only, and both CIs together.
Prior to surgery, I had total deafness on the left side, so testing was not completed on that side. Therefore, it's effectively '0%'. Also, prior to surgery, I was never tested on sentences in noise. My hearing was so poor for testing in quiet, that there was really no point. So that's marked as 'N/A'.
Similarly, my results for hearing sentences in noise with a cochlear implant were too high to deem testing in quiet to be of any value. So results for those fields are also 'N/A'.
| Test | Pre-Op Right HA | CI Left 3 months | CI Right 3 months | CI + CI 3 months |
| CVC word score | 6% | 96% | 92% | 96% |
| CVC phoneme score | 35% | 99% | 97% | 98% |
| CUNY sentences in quiet | 20% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| CUNY sentences in noise | N/A | 86% | 88% | 99% |
It's pretty clear from the results that being bilateral is a huge help for hearing sentences in background noise!
Further speech perception testing will take place at the 12-month point, next year. I'd better get in some serious 'Sound and Way Beyond' speech training before then, so I can score 100%. :-D
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