Hi, Wendy, we missed you!
Lori's son was graduating from the Great Lakes Naval Academy this weekend, so she wasn't able to officially attend the symposium. But, she did make a special trip to The Drake to see all of us - along with her son and his girlfriend, her two younger daughters, and her husband. So yes, Kaybo and I (and lots of others) finally got to meet her
Steve looked a little worried that the three "troublemakers" were together, but none of our halos slipped
I'm not sure if it was illegal or not, because she wasn't "officially" there, but Lori did try the BP100 demo with me and we both were seriously impressed. From the information I got from the Cochlear reps and from the speech Dr. Battista gave it sounds like the new technology will prove to be quite incredible. I've posted more info. on the BP100 on one of Mike's posts (search on BP100 to find it).
Anyway, the Cochlear reps said that there is no "trade-in" when upgrading because my Divino is used. This really puzzled me because as I told others at the symposium, it's not like it was up my nose or anything
It's simply sat on my head for the past 14 months.
When I asked what the BP100 will cost, I was told that I (like everyone else apparently) needed to talk to the doc who gave me my Divino. From what I understand, it's up to the docs to decide what they'll "let it go" for. Needless to say, about five minutes after Dr. Battista's speech I was asking him what kind of deal he can give me
He suggested that I wait until October when he'll have the Ponto demo (as well as the BP100 demo) and we'll go from there. I definitely want to upgrade, it's just a matter of when and how much. And the how much will probably determine the when.
Dr. Battista did say that Cochlear will continue to "support" and "maintain" the Divino for the next five years, so we're not obsolete yet!
Jan