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But Shel, if we didn't have the disablity (loss of a sense) we wouldn't need to have the accomation. Thus we are disabled.

Since your child has an IEP I would assume that you have addressed these issues in it? That may be a place to start. Also while they can refuse to transport children without disablities for whatevr reason it's usually different for those with disablities. You might ant to check the state...

If I buy 300 batteries from batteries plus for appro about $90. Batteries are used in 3's so at $90 the price would be about $.90 per set. a set can last anywhere from about 2 days (some may be less then that) to about a 7 or 8 that I can normally get. If in a 365 day year you are changing...

Are his ear molds tight? and do they have a vent hole open. I always had to plug the vent hole to stop the feedback, so closing a vent hole 'might' help with feedback issues.

Battery costs are just a reality. For a CI or a HA. I've never really concidered it to be unfair. the unfair part was having to deal with the disablity...the inablity to hear correctly or well. The unfair part is having to pay for the HA, I really thouht that over time the price would...

I'm not sur if there are any deaf/blind adult here. The Cochlear website has a forum that you can join , there are at least two deaf/blind adults who have implants on that forum if you would choose to talk with someone who is deaf/blind and chose to get implants. I would suggest talking with...

Processing speeds do seem to help one hear better. on my 2nd mapping I was given 3 maps with different processing speeds so I could listen with both and choose two that I felt were best. Next mapping I was given those 2 plus another if I really didn't like either of those. I went from 1200 to...

I would say if you want to improve and get used to speaking you need to practice speaking. Maybe reading outloud to yourself or you fiance. Have a game night or something with just a few friends and play something that requires some talking. I have a friend for whom english is not her first...

well good luck I hope the whole process goes quickly and you're approved once you get under your fiance's insurance after you get married. :) and congrats on the upcoming wedding.

Boult has said the devices don't deliver sound differently? Boult has said that the results will be the same? Boult has said the devices don't both help one percieve sound? etc etc etc... I don't read that. Must require xray vision to see that stuff in his posts.

I really don't know why you insist on nitpicking about what the Ha and Ci do. Yes they both help one hear. (perceive sound) The results with both devices will vary from person to person. (even from ear to ear) I don't believe anyone has ever denied that. Successful outcomes with both are a...

regarding the echos and hums, I had them for much longer then most people here seem to have them, (I have a freedom) and you have only had yours for less then a year so you could still be adapting. I lost the excess noise sometime during the programming trials I participated in, didn't even...

About the same here. We were doing good without the CI but at times things were stressful. He enjoyed doing things more then I did, but then he had no problems following the conversations and such. Now we both enjoy doing things, and i take care of making my own appointments and even answer...

People need to be careful when saying that they both create sound. they don't. Yes they both allow the deaf to hear but they do not do it in the same way. The HA amplifies (and can cause distortion) and the CI directly stimulates the hearing nerve causing the brain to hear sound. This...

no I have 2 and they are both programmed. I know that people who upgrade to new processors as they become available usually trade in their older models, since they are given a trade in value reducing the cost of the newer more updated model. But I believe they can just buy a new one...

Not really , since it'd be no use to you, you could send it back to the company and they could do whatever they do with returned CI's. Depending on where it might be found there may be nothing wrong with it and they may be able to rebuild it and send it out as a replacement for someone...

If you plan to get a CI why wait? Testing to see if you qualify does not mean you have to do it immediately.

I would have to say that the only part you have correct is they both help on have better hearing differently. They both do NOT create hearing. The hearing I had from HA's was natural hearing, just amplified to become somewhat understandable. The hearing created with the CI IS created...

I tend to disagree that the disagreement on issues like saying a CI and HA are ESSENTAILLY! the same. They both provide hearing access but the way the do so and the results are very much not essentially the same. While the brain can assimilate the sound to that which it remembers, but it is...

for many who have used the HA in the non implanted ear eventually the two do not work well together. Some cannot even stand the HA with Ci from the start. Others have no problem using the two together at all. I quit using HA after a few months because the sound from the HA had become...