Recent content by emiliarae

No, actually my job has been quite helpful, they are an amazing group of lawyers and have always had my back. I didn't tell them I'm having problems with the insurance company yet. My dr last week told me it should NOT be a problem and he almost ALWAYS get the ci surgery approved now and does...

My doctor had good news and said that yes he can almost always get insurance to cover the CI surgery now days. as long as I'm below 40% he said it shouldn't be a problem. I go back on November 9th for the first preliminary CI evaluation testing and explanation of different devices with the...

Hi Angel, are you still on this site? Wanted to know how your surgery went? I'm in the middle of approval and very scared of the surgery. Looking for a friend to talk abou the aftermath. Are you glad you did it? Did it help you hear better? did it take the sound away? My hearing loss is at...

Thanks for your insight. Everyone's story helps. Just nice to know there are other people out there struggling like me. I don't know anyone with a hearing problem and feel like no one understands. I know your right about being a good parent. :) thanks

So why wouldn't you be able to get the cochlear implants? You wouldn't be able to benefit from them?

I have had HAs for almost 2 years now. They did work fine when I was at a moderate loss but in the last 60 days it doubled and now I'm have about 5% of natural hearing in both ears. They turned my hearing aids up as loud as they will go but it still not helping, my word scores were in the 30s...

I did ask them about getting newer more expensive hearing aids, if there was anything else and he said no. My word scores were 36 on the left and 40 on the right, which is about 1 out of every 4 words. Dr said insurance companies almost always cover the surgery now which is good but said they...

Thanks for responding. Why did you get sick? with vertigo? do they know why you lost your hearing overnight? how was the CI procedure? are you glad you did it? can you hear again? can you have a conversation with someone in a restaurant? can you hear what your family is saying from another...

Im 39 year old mother of 2 young kids, happily married to the love of my life and have a great job as a paralegal at the prosecutor's office. I started losing my hearing about 6 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child. I lost about 30% in one ear. THEN when I got pregnant with my...