The only waterproof swimmable sound processor available!
When Lily was diagnosed at 3 months old with severe to profound deafness we weren't sure if we wanted to get her cochlear implants until she was old enough to decide for herself. Our decision changed almost overnight after I woke up early in the morning and did a few hours of research. It took us about a week to fully decide that we were going to go with Advanced Bionics if the option for cochlear implants was offered. Not only did we decide on Advanced Bionics, but we knew we wanted the Neptune. We live in Phoenix, Arizona and my kids spend a lot of time during the summer swimming. I know a lot of audiologists say that the ability to hear in the water is not that important at her age, but to us it is important for our daughter to hear in all environments and through as much of her day as possible.
Lily taking her first bath with her Neptunes!
Love seeing the water splash over her head!
You can see they are completely submerged!
Not only is the Neptune waterproof, but it is very fashion friendly! It comes with many accessories and wearing options. Because Lily is a baby her processors came with a pink vest (you also have the choice of blue for a boy). She also received some wearing accessories that are standard choices for older children and adults. For each processor she received a clip, armband, lanyard, and a pink mini pouch (a full size pouch is also available and they come in 2 other colors as well, blue and graphite).
This is Lily's usual wearing configuration. This uses the clip and the armband.
The pink toddler vest
Lanyard and pink mini pouch and clip
The pink mini pouch
These are the wearing accessories that Lily received in her Neptune kits. She received one of each item in each kit so we have back-up spares of some of the items such as the vest and lanyard. I absolutely love how they have the cute and bright colors for younger children! Along with the colorful wearing accessories we also got to choose 3 color headpiece covers for the universal headpieces and 3 color covers for the waterproof configuration of the Neptune! We choose princess pink, ocean blue, and white for Lily's Neptune processors. She wears princess pink the most because as we know Lily is a C.I. princess!
This our Neptune cover person...Quite a cool idea for a pic!
Mini pouch with Neptune
This is how it fits in the mini pouch
Mini pouch configuration
Lily sporting her Neptunes on the armband with the mini pouch!
Happiest baby girl ever!
She loves her Neptune boxes! Sporting her blue covers with the armband and clip.
Lily has learned how to climb on her boxes and climb onto the couch. Here she is sporting her pink and white combined covers with armband and clip.
When people told us that the Neptune box was like a suitcase we thought they were joking. We knew there were a lot of accessories but we were thinking it would be a bit smaller than what we walked into the audiologist office and saw. The box for each side is literally like a suitcase with many accessories!
This is what you see when you open the box
This is where the Neptune processor and headpieces are housed in the box
The top section pulls out to reveal the rest of the accessories in the box
Here we have the travel case
As you can see it has a few different sections to store your accessories and items
This smaller case is a daily daily travel case. We carry it in our diaper bag!
This is the inside of the small travel case
Here you can see both the aqua mic and universal headpieces and the Neptune connect (used to change programs and volume).
There is a slight size difference between the aqua mic (white) and the universal headpiece (pink)
I wanted to share the differences between the aqua mic cord and the universal cord as well. The aqua mic is shaped a it different and has a little red rubber o-ring for keeping out moisture. (aqua mic is on top and universal is on bottom)
The connect wallet can hold the connect and a few batteries. It can also be placed on a keyring for easy carrying.
For each side Lily received 8 AAA disposable batteries and 4 AAA rechargeable batteries and a battery charger that came with 2 AA batteries. Her other charger is pink so her colors were fit for a girl!
This is called a dry and store dryer that helps to get rid of any moisture that is in her implants. We place them in this at night and it helps to remove any sweat or water that may be in the headpieces or processors.
This is a pretty cool CD! We have one in each box and it helps the Bionic kiddos to tune up their listening and hearing skills!
These ear buds were included in each box as well to help us hear through Lily's processors and make sure they are functioning correctly.
Finally this is the tool we use to exchange the headpiece covers or change out the magnets in the headpieces if needed.
There is one accessory that is not included in the above pictures due to the fact that Lily is not old enough to use it yet. It is a pretty neat little accessory that, when she is old enough, will allow her to talk on the phone like, listen to ear buds, and wear regular headphones. It is called a t-comm and it connects via a small cord to her processor and headpiece. It contains a microphone that sits right in front of her ear canal and allows her to have access to the above mentioned devices.
When you think about all of that stuff I suppose the box does really need to be as big as a suitcase! Believe me all of that stuff fits perfectly into the box with just a tad bit of room to spare. I do love that it is so nicely organized inside of the box and we keep the boxes to store the packaging and extras in until we need them. Like I said she got one of everything for each processor and she is bilateral.
This is our daily travel configuration as you can see it all fits quite nicely
This is our travel configuration for longer trips.
In the top compartments we keep the batteries and covers
It all fits really nicely into this one bag!
The best part is the bag has two carrying choices, a handle or a strap, for whatever your needs.
The best part for Lily besides the processors that help her hear are the two monkeys that she received! She loves Buddy and Melody! She has is even learning to put the processors on them both. I don't know if she has quite figured out that they are the same thing she has, but she knows that they go on their heads.
Advanced Bionics Melody and Buddy
Lily hanging out with her favorite monkey friends!
Lily checking out Melody's processors!
We thoroughly love the Advanced Bionics Neptune! It allows our baby girl to hear in the water and on dry land. We are so glad she can have the best of both worlds!
The Advanced Bionics Neptune makes Lily smile!
