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[lovezebras]

So I am now in desperate need of finding someone to teach my ASL. It's way too hard to do it on my own when I have no one to give me feedback/practice with. I also cannot afford a class so I am going to try to find someone to sign with ...

I am basically approved for a CI but it has to go on paper. The surgeon says I don't need to get the MRI/CT re done cuz the one from when I was 17 is good enough since everything was normal. My bloodwork came back normal. I just need to get a balance test done and the HINT test re-done. He wanted it done when I was in the office 2 weeks ago and went to get the audi to do it and then she said she couldn't and that she made me an appointment for MARCH 2013...I HATE CANADA!!!!! Everyone is like woo "free" health care but then when it comes time to needing any sort of help from the government most people realize our health care blows! It's apparently an almost 3 year wait for surgery as well...
The secretary told me there are only 5 surgeons in all of Canada...
-_- is how I feel at the moment...fml

Also the fact that everyone is like "how come you dropped nursing" "that's such a waste of money" "you should just go finish it" ...wanna buy me new ears so I can then go back and hear my patients and do the job properly?

 

[dereksbicycles]

Why cannot you just go to USA and get it done? I don't know how it would work with insurance.

 

[lovezebras]

Because I don't have insurance in the USA. I would imagine you'd have to be a US resident to get insurance. So out of pocket it would be about 35-40 grand. I know of one lady who had her daughters (both are deaf and were implanted one side here) 2nd implants done in the states and it was 35k each

 

[lovezebras]

I did happen to find an ASL tutor online from kijiji so I emailed her Gonna try to get a lesson a week

 

[PowerON]

Thank you for let us know about Canada's health care. Another proof, no offense, nothing is perfect system.

Otherwise, I'm sorry, I hope you find right group that can be fit and able be enjoy to learn ASL.

 

[lovezebras]

Thank you for let us know about Canada's health care. Another proof, no offense, nothing is perfect system.

Otherwise, I'm sorry, I hope you find right group that can be fit and able be enjoy to learn ASL.

No offense taken..It's a flawed system you "don't pay" when really we do because we pay 13% in taxation on pretty much everything. And we wait hours in the ER, months and sometimes years for a specialist which is ridiculous.

 

[PowerON]

No offense taken..It's a flawed system you "don't pay" when really we do because we pay 13% in taxation on pretty much everything. And we wait hours in the ER, months and sometimes years for a specialist which is ridiculous.

We just complain that we pay lot of money if one of us don't have insurance. Yike. Some are bless to have jobs that cover some.

Last time, I have been wait for just a hour or less. I guess probably it depend where hospital I went to.

 

[lovezebras]

Ya it sucks having to pay for health insurance like car and house insurance but I'd rather pay and get awesome health care then get substandard health care ya know?

 

[drphil]

Canada's single payer health care system has been around for a number of years. As with anything-it can be improved.

aside: I have direct knowledge of Ontario's Health Insurance Plan re Cochlear implant. My first appointment was Feb/07, approved and Implanted July /07. Activated Aug /07. I was at Sunnybrook/Toronto which has been doing Implants since 1984 .

There is a charge for OHIP which is part of one's tax return based on "taxable income". This is done in Ontario-not sure about other provinces handling.

I became bilateral DEAF December 20, 2006.. In early Jan/07 St Michaels ENT referred me to Sunnybrook.

The 13% HST is charged on a wide variety of items of which Governments allocate-in part- to pay for medical care.

The speed in being handled in emergency department is usually contingent on time- at least from my experience. Triage nurse's action on actual handling.

One's family doctor usually make appointments for follow up re specialists

 

[lovezebras]

I don't get how you got implanted so fast. The secretary told me that the wait in ottawa is up to 3 years which I find ridiculous

 

[dereksbicycles]

I guess anyone reading this thread may think twice now about moving to Canada for their free health care.

Wow, I don't think that I would want a free health care any more.

You know that "free" is not free, right? They come with a baggage.

 

[NaidaUP]

Wait times cut for people seeking cochlear implants | CTV Toronto News

Says here they are cutting waiting times in Canada. Is this your area of Canda?

 

[Jane B.]

I don't get how you got implanted so fast. The secretary told me that the wait in ottawa is up to 3 years which I find ridiculous

I am from the US so have no personal knowledge. But, his was done almost 5 years ago. Could it be better known now and thus more demand?

 

[needsleep]

I couldn't afford to take the ASL class I'm up to at my college so I talked with the teacher and she hooked me up with an intern who will work with me once per week on Skype for FREE! Do you think that might be something you could do too?

 

[lovezebras]

Wait times cut for people seeking cochlear implants | CTV Toronto News

Says here they are cutting waiting times in Canada. Is this your area of Canda?

Yes this was supposedly to cut the wait times for Ontario and apparently its still 3 years? Which doesn't make any sense. My mom is going to call for my tomorrow and see if I can be put on a cancellation list or something.

And I found someone to teach my ASL once a week for 10 bucks an hour which is awesome and its one on one so that's even better

 

[drphil]

I live in Toronto as is Sunnybrook I am aware on the additional funding for the WHOLE of Ontario started last year.

The dates I mentioned are correct.

Since I became bilateral DEAF in December 2006, thus in the referral to Sunnybrook I was in the "top of the line" for consideration. I only had to wait 3 weeks for the operation after all approvals. Whether my many classes at Canadian Hearing Society/Toronto "How to deal/cope with your Hearing Loss" was beneficial-unstated there.

I have no direct knowledge of the situation in Ottawa except for comments of AllDeaf member-AliciaM.

Aside: After becoming bilateral DEAF I was tested -ENT clinic St Michaels Hospital/Toronto- and couldn't hear anything at 105 Db. Thus the immediate referral to Sunnybrook/Toronto

This all happened over 5 years ago.

 

[NaidaUP]

I live in Toronto as is Sunnybrook I am aware on the additional funding for the WHOLE of Ontario started last year.

The dates I mentioned are correct.

Since I became bilateral DEAF in December 2006, thus in the referral to Sunnybrook I was in the "top of the line" for consideration. I only had to wait 3 weeks for the operation after all approvals. Whether my many classes at Canadian Hearing Society/Toronto "How to deal/cope with your Hearing Loss" was beneficial-unstated there.

I have no direct knowledge of the situation in Ottawa except for comments of AllDeaf member-AliciaM.

Aside: After becoming bilateral DEAF I was tested -ENT clinic St Michaels Hospital/Toronto- and couldn't hear anything at 105 Db. Thus the immediate referral to Sunnybrook/Toronto

This all happened over 5 years ago.

Maybe coz you have NO hearing, you didn't have to wait long......

 

[drphil]

To me that is meaning of being DEAF-no hearing/just silence.
The "waiting" is for those with Profound loss-90 to 105 Db. even though they are DEAF in one ear.
Aside: that was the circumstance that I had for 15 years.I knew I would eventually become DEAF. Actualized December 20, 2006. Genetic: inherited from father.

 

[NaidaUP]

To me that is meaning of being DEAF-no hearing/just silence.
The "waiting" is for those with Profound loss-90 to 105 Db. even though they are DEAF in one ear.
Aside: that was the circumstance that I had for 15 years.I knew I would eventually become DEAF. Actualized December 20, 2006. Genetic: inherited from father.

You can get a CI from 70db, not 90db as long as you are not coping with HAs.

Still think its wrong to make someone wait 3 years even if they have some hearing but are not benefiting from HAs, more so when you can't finish training to start your career. 3 years is a long time.

 

[lovezebras]

You can get a CI from 70db, not 90db as long as you are not coping with HAs.

Still think its wrong to make someone wait 3 years even if they have some hearing but are not benefiting from HAs, more so when you can't finish training to start your career. 3 years is a long time.

I agree... Like not only did I drop a program that I loved..I'm now missing out on a great career and SO many opportunities that would have come with it. I don't mind staying in the bank because it's a good career too and I can progress in the bank and move up but I don't LOVE the bank unfortunately. Even the bank I struggle because I deal with customers face to face. I am going into a personal banking officer training where I deal with mortgages, credit, etc and I'll have to actually call customers and talk to people on the phone...I don't even use the phone ...

The bank does, however, pay for adaptive technology so I can get an amplified phone or tty or vco phone or whatever .. I'm just seriously hoping I won't have to actually wait 3 years and/or win the lottery and just go to the states..if I lose any more hearing I'm up sh*t creak with out a paddle ...

I'm starting ASL but unfortunately most of the world doesn't use ASL.