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Old 12-22-2004, 12:53 PM   #37 (permalink)
Banjo
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Originally Posted by Rayfus
Finally, the implant is SOOOOOOOOOO expensive!!!! How much? $60 to 90 thouand dollars?
Not that expensive for the cochlear implants itself. From what I remember, the implant itself cost around $18,000-$25,000. Plus much, much more are added to the expenses like the costs of the operation, medical fees, drugs, plus the speech training, batteries for the processor and more.
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