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I try to stay away from these philosophical arguments, but your statement is so clearly wrong, I felt the need to respond. Lotte's "identity" will be whatever LOTTE decides it's going to be, not what Cloggy thinks Lotte's identity to be, and certainly not what you think it should be...

I think it is Dr. Bradford. I worked with her on an appeal before yours (all by Internet and phone), and didn't even know she had CIs until she mentioned to me that it was ironic that Vanderbilt's insurance plan didn't cover CIs and it was a good thing she had 2 already, or I would be doing my...

Even I cry at activations, and I'm not the parent of a CI user (yet). We had one case where the child was receiving a 2nd implant, and had some troubles with high frequency sounds (like sh) with her first implant. The second implant was denied, but we got the denial overturned on appeal. The...

A few points: 1) If the below were true, *she* might have a cause of action for breach of warranty/contract against the manufacturer, but he wouldn't. There is no "privity" between the husband and the implant company, only between the wife and the implant company. Even in the few states...

In the US, around 2000 out of the 40,000 total are bilateral. At least 300 of those were the direct results of appeals won by our foundation (like yours) but lots of them are also indirectly the results of LTHF appeals -- for example, before we won your appeal, Blue Cross in Tennessee excluded...

Depends what statistic you are comparing. Right now if you look at the total population, 7 % of people who qualify under FDA guidelines in the US actually have implants. But about 35 % of newly diagnosed candidates receive implants. Sheri

Interesting statistics -- percentage-wise, cochlear implant users represent 11 percent of new undergraduates and 6 percent of all undergraduates Inside Gallaudet - Gallaudet University

I don't think computers are quite there yet. Keep in mind that there are very subtle differences in speech scores based on minor variations like if the word repeated is "rake" or "rate" for the single syllable tests, and speech recognition isn't good enough without an awful lot of software...

Well, it was Canada after all :-) Who knows what colour they are using today. Sheri

Could you please elaborate on the statement below? I don't know of any warnings our clinic provides CI patients regarding plane flights, and we don't have any special appointments with audiologists for our CI patients for either before or after plane flights. The only warnings we provide...

This has actually changed quite a bit, and continues to change rapidly. The state and federal government agencies who fund a significant chunk of newborn hearing screening tests are being much more insistent that a case is not considered successfully handled unless the child receives an early...

There are 31 million hearing impaired people in the US. There are 500,000 people who fit the FDA criteria for cochlear implantation. 350,000 of those 500,000 are 65 and over, which means there are 150,000 children and young adults who are CI candidates. There are about 22,000 implanted...

I don't think there's a hard *ban* against sports. I'm diabetic and my doctor tells me not to eat donuts. Doesn't stop me from doing it occasionally :-) Jamie Burke wrote a very comprehensive article on this at About.com Cochlear Implants and Sports She quotes an ENT saying the only...

The Syncros have been life-changing for my teenage daughter (whose loss is moderate to severe), but they might be overkill for a mild loss and they are extremely expensive. You might be able to get by with an Oticon Delta, or one of the Phonak lower-level aids like a Pico Forte or a Claro...

Based on my personal experience, the correct approach to disseminate information on communications options to families who have newborns who have been diagnosed with hearing loss through newborn hearing screening programs is not through the medical community, but through Early Intervention...

They are so tiny today, as are many things electronic, that they are easy to lose ! The boot is less than 1/2 inch cube and they now generally tap into the HA batteries. The microphone pack is about the size of a business card. I think the digital processing on the HAs really helps with the...

Yeah, I'm pretty proud of the Mandarin thing. She works very hard at it, much harder the other kids in her class, most of whom are native speakers or have at least one Chinese-speaking parent. I'm not Chinese, her father is, but he doesn't speak Chinese and lives about 1000 miles away at the...

Unfortunately, in the US they differentiate between individual insurance plans and group insurance. With group insurance, they have to cover pre-existing conditions if you had a different insurance plan immediately, and if you don't there is a waiting period depending on how long you've been...

Yes, you can have Medicaid and Medicare at the same time. Individuals who qualify for both state-administered Medicaid program and federally-administered Medicare are referred to as "dual eligibles". In these cases, Medicare is the primary insurer and , Medicaid is the "insurer of last...

The stupidest thing any of my daughter's teachers ever said about her FM was one who refused to use it because she was pregnant and she was afraid it would cause birth defects. While I was in my rights to request the principal to force her to use it, I figured "do I really want my daughter...