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shel90, glad to here all went well. my brother had the same thing. after the surgery he had all of his vision back in about 6 months. our family automatically thought the worst, since my dad and grandma both died of brain cancer. fortunately his wasn't cancer. then again power of prayer is...

does anyone have their implant on their homeowners policy? if so how does that work? What about any other type of insuranse policy? Trying to save money, it is very tight now. thanks

with the batteries the guesstimate the company gives is, if you use 4 batteries alternating them they should last about 1 year.

hopefully your insurance will pay for most your needs. If not, here are a couple of figures that I know of. Just the processor $700, batteries= two different styles. $150 and $200, I think the wire with magnetic peace cost around $75- $150. I don't remember the cost of the other items, I...

shel90, eastern shore

thanks i'll try that, any other help is also appreciated

We live in Maryland. There are some great coaches here and in Delaware, that have Olympic and National Team experience. He has a huge heart for the sport and a great drive. He is "very competitive." I currently do a lot of his coaching, but I'd like him to get to the next level of...

Hello, I have a question. I'm new to the forum. My son is deaf. He received a CI about 5 years ago. About 4 years ago, I went to see if I could get SSI for him, they said I made to much money. Does this sound right? Is there any assistance I could get, I just had to buy 2 new batteries...

thanks for the info given. My son goes to a public school and uses an interpeter. His goal is to wrestle in the Olympics, I know a couple to the Olympic wrestling coaches near by where we live, I was wondering if I could get some info for Deaf Olympics, or other national competition in which...

my son signs. I'm learning, I told the coaches he'll learn the signals for the plays, he reads lips, and the teammates will start to pick up the signs and signals. As long as the coach and my son have a way to communicate even if the have their own sign between each other is fine. Does anyone...

a few things. is there a helmet for football that he could wear his implant securely and safely? In wrestling I was wondering what some other wrestling coaches do to communicate with their wrestler while they are out on the mat wrestling. Also, if anyone could get me in the right direction in...

hello, I'm new to the forum. My son has a CI, he plays football and wrestles. I was wondering if anybody has any helpful hints on the way they coach the deaf athletes in these two sports. I've coached him in the sports prior, next year he'll be coached at the high school level and with...