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Even if you can get private insurance, if you have not been immediately insured for the 12 months prior, there will likely be a waiting period as your deafness would be considered a pre-existing condition. If you qualify for Medicare or Medicaid, then I don't think they have those waiting...

Wow, that's great Val. I wish I could get rid of my migraines, but they are monthly and not connected with my hearing loss (if you get my drift). I'll forward your progress on to Chris, we're always happy to get these kinds of updates from former appeals clients. Sheri

Note her location says Ottowa, Ontario. Doubt the ADA applies. But Canada is generally even more protective of these issues in the US, so I agree that going to the top if you can't get anywhere with the teachers is the best approach. Sheri

The issue is that the FDA criteria for initial implant candidacy require the tests be performed under bilateral "best aided conditions" Even though your bad ear is at 110, in order to get insurance approval for your implant, they need to perform the speech discrimination tests with a functioning...

Cochlear keeps changing the date of when a version of the Freedom compatible with the N22 will be released. It was supposed to be spring, then summer, now I'm hearing November. I had heard that you can get a refurbed 3G from them for $4500, but that seems (to me) like a lot to spend if the...

Also, in order to claim medical deductions, separate from itemizing, your total medical expenses have to exceed 7.5 % of your Adjusted Gross Income. If your income is low, that isn't usually a problem, but if it is average or above average that can be a lot. Check on the FSA (Flexible...

I think it depends on the electronics. I don't have a CI, but I do have an insulin pump and I do occasionally set off alarm systems with that. Sheri

I didn't, can you resend, please No one is more upset than me about having charge Cochlear patients for appeals. I don't believe that OMS is capable of providing the same level of service and success rate that we do. However, when all of our available funds are restricted by their...

Some former clients of the Let Them Hear Foundation Insurance Advocacy Program have posted video of their bilaterally implanted children's activation sessions and examples of their post-activation language abilities on YouTube. YouTube - Elliot's bilateral CI activation, September 2006...

Lions AHAP (Affordable Hearing Aid Program) Lionsclubs.org - LCIF Also try Starkey The Starkey Hearing Foundation

There really aren't a lot of good solutions for people in your situation that I am aware of. You don't qualify for a CI. BiCros is really for people with normal hearing on one side and bad hearing on the other, and BAHAs won't work for you if all your loss on both sides is sensorineural You...

Because with the traditional Bi-CROS, you need to wear a mold in your good ear as well. This is a major problem for most people. Sheri

Maybe look at the Transear? Honestly, we almost never fit Bi-CROS aids at our clinic because so many people who get them, end up hating them. TransEar® for Single-Sided Deafness If you are going to look at Bi-CROS, look at the wireless -- people seem to hate it less. Sheri

Here is a list of citations we use to refute insurance companies claims that a refusal of a second implant is legitimate because the first implant "cured' the person's deafness. Research Institutions Johns Hopkins Magazine - September 1996 Issue The Johns Hopkins News-Letter Virginia...

There is a fairly common genetic disorder called Pendred's Syndrome which features a combination thyroid issues and sensorineural hearing loss. Boystown lists it in the top five sources of profound SNHL. Have you been checked for that? I don't think it is the thyroid that *causes* the HL...

300 CI surgeries in a career is a lot. We are the fifth busiest implant center in the country (so I'm told) and we do 100+ per year. As far as the people that you see, maybe you notice them more because you have an implant yourself, or maybe there are genetic factors that make hearing...

That's actually about right. Cochlear claims "Over 100,000" people in their 2006 annual report. They have about 70 % of the global market, which puts the international number somewhere around 143,000 individuals. 36 % of global implant recipients live in the US, which puts the US # at...

And the risk of contracting meningitis in the deaf population even if you are NOT implanted is much higher (I've heard 3 times) that of the normal hearing population, and even higher still if the source of your hearing loss is a cochlear malformation. Also, if the source of your hearing...

I can only speak from the insurance appeals I've done (about 500 related to CIs to date), but I've done 3 where patients had tinnitus that was so severe that they required psychiatric treatment, and all 3 improved drastically when the side with the worst tinnitus was implanted. Eventually all 3...

A lot of people, including my hearing brother-in-law, lost their computer programming jobs 3 years ago after 10+ years. That is not any type of proof that you were discriminated against because of your hearing impairment. Sheri