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SSI is not SSDI. SSI you get as a supplemental income due to not earning a good wage. SSDI is social security disability income that I collect due to severe hearing loss in both ears. It is an inherited deal in my case. Hearing loss started in my 20's and gradually worsened over many years. You...

I am on SSDI and easily passed a battery of tests that confirmed that I am a bi-lateral candidate. I am worried about losing the SSDI post implant and then would also lose Medicare coverage that I have not because of age but because of being on SSDI for at least 2 yrs. I want to hear from...

Hello Ron, I participated in the cochlear forum about a year ago and noticed there were some rather belligerent people on it. Glad to hear of your humor,it was good. I also remember hearing myself pee again after getting my first hearing aids. That and things like hearing air come out of the...

Hello, I am new to this forum and have bi-lateral BTE's that are not of much help. I have 0 % scores on speech discrimination word and sentence tests in both ears. I would like to hear from anyone who was/is on social security disability solely due to their hearing loss, had a cochlear...