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I can't decide for which brand to go for... I'm having choice paralysis.

Honestly, I wish my doc would literally just say "take this implant and device" instead I've been told to search and make your own minds. I'm from South Asia and damn it, these docs are simply too clever for their own good. They're supposed to advise us, not put us in a dilemma.

Problem is I can't tell the difference in how they sound, so I'm thinking about how each brand provides support and maintenance. Are they friendly? I had some discussion with 4 users around my city and 2 medel and 2 cochlear, a coincidence lol. One cochlear user said that after 4 months of operation, their battery was found to be faulty and even the extra was bad, and it took 6 months, with a pay of 60k to have a good pair. It made me think, "What if I encounter this?"

Ok, I admit it. I am genuinely terrified of choosing the "wrong" implant for myself. That invisible pressure is there.

I have no one that I can talk to because dad also asked the audiologist to recommend according to their experience, but he kicked the ball back to us saying, "It's your responsibility sir. It's like choosing which mobile phone you like. We can't make that choice."

So, please help 😭

This is my audiogram. One audiologist keeps saying to use hearing aids, and how I'm too experienced at visual cues instead of hearing it. He also said to wear it and you'll start understanding words while my word recognition is still 0 without lip reading. I was so frustrated that he wasn't even willing to listen and just kept saying whatever he wanted.

Then we had to visit another cochlear implant surgeon who made us believe that if you want to hear like a normal to near normal person, a cochlear implant is the only choice because at this rate hearing aids won't even work. He also said that due to my post lingual status, it'd be a success but we can't be sure unless we see the mri and temporal bone results.

I can hear almost all sounds with hearing aids but can't understand any speech. The doctor even did an experiment of tapping the pen and told us that i could hear it but it's not like how the hearing people hear it... because hair cells inside my cochlea are almost extinct... More importantly, I graduated without using hearing aids in my country and just started wearing from the last 9 months.

Guys, please help!

Please help me understand how cochlear implant would work?