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I only have a moderate loss so i dont need a BTE right now. The doctor preferred ITE, when I told her I didnt want those we talked about the sebotek's which I heard good things about.

C.I.C.= Completely in the canal I.T.E= In the ear

Hi, I just got back from the audiologist and I asked her if I was a candidate for C.I.C. hearing aids and she told me she does not think C.I.C hearing aids will help me much because I have a moderate loss. She recommended I.T.Es which I do not want to wear so we discussed the sebotek's Does...

That was quick. We received word today that my mom has been approved! Thank you all!

I doubt it. The date is set for the 23rd and I was told we probably wont get a response from the insurance until the end of the month.

Some positive news: I spoke to my mom's doctor's assistant and he told me there is nothing really be alarmed about because the piece of evidence that the insurance company was looking for was not intially submitted, but it now has and he doesnt see why the insurance company would deny my mom...

Yes, but arent they like a more "advanced" ent or something?

Thanks for all of the responses. I will try to answer all the questions in this post. First, the letter we received from the insurance company stated that they could not approve my mom because there was not enough evidence in the audiometry that was submitted. How this could be I dont know...

Hi all - Some of you may have read me post this on the yahoo! C.I. group forum. My mom was recently approved by her doctor for a cochlea implant. She went for all the testing, the doctor set a date (August 23rd), but we just received word last week from the insurance company that they did...

Do a google search on sebotek. Not only will you get the home page, but you will get a lot of other info. Good luck

I have heard a lot of good things about the sebotek's. I am thinking of getting one. You should do a search on it and look into them. THey go deep in the ear canal but have a soft tip where people dont even notice they have them in. Then there is a tiny clear wire that travels up the curve of...

Its not totally implantable, you have to wear something behind the ear, but the canal is open... http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mda/docs/k013298.html http://www.retroxhearing.com/pro.aspx This site talks about a study done on the RetroX

Thats interesting,. I thought they could not do 2 ears because it didnt work (like the implants wouldnt communicate with eachother) .

Is there any hope of being able to add a second CI implant in the other ear in the near future to further improve one's hearing? Just curious Thanks for all your help. I joined those groups you posted and I am gonna buy the book "bionic ear" for my mom.

Yes, I had no idea about this. So for the first few weeks my mom will not be able to understand people when they talk to her, correct?

Thanks. What do you mean when you say not to expect anything the first few weeks? My mom wont be able to hear/understand anything at all?

Thanks, is there an estimate to how much my mom's hearing will improve? Will she be able to hold a normal conversation with somebody or speak on the phone? Possibly hold a job that requires verbal interaction with customers? Also, people's voices will not sound unverisally robotic...

Hey everybody, I dont mean to interrupt the thread but I also didnt want to annoy anyone by starting another thread on this topic. This post is very important to me and my mom so any info I could get would be greatly appreciated by the two of us. My mom is profoundly deaf right now...

Hi DD, I was born with normal hearing (I used to be able to hear a pin drop) but hearing loss does run only on the female side of my mom's family. My dad's family is fine. My mom, and aunt have profound hearing loss, another one of my aunts has mild to severe hearing loss and my grandma and...

I am 23 years old with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss in both ears, and as one who refuses to wear hearing aids (even ITCs – Yes, I admit its an image thing. Rail me all you want.) I have been following the envoy for over a year now and I am really holding out hope that this gets...