Im 39 year old mother of 2 young kids, happily married to the love of my life and have a great job as a paralegal at the prosecutor's office. I started losing my hearing about 6 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child. I lost about 30% in one ear. THEN when I got pregnant with my second 2 years ago I lost almost all of it in both ears. They diagnosed me with Meniere's disease and my ear specialist thinks that somehow my pregnancies escalated the meniere's. I had the Gentamicin injections 3 times over 3 months and that helped the vertigo but didn't help my hearing loss. I got hearing aids last year and it helped at first when i was hearing at 40 to 45 decibels but in the last 2 months it has doubled in hearing loss....the audioligist said Im now at 85 to 90 dec (which is severe). I'm very upset about it. Sad. Frustrated. Scared. Afraid of losing my job, afraid of it effecting my ability to be a good mom. I'm avoiding social events and my friends because I can't carry on a conversation anymore. I have an appointment w/ear doctor on wednesday to see if i am a candidate for CI now, but not sure if my insurance covers it. The lady on the phone said yes they did but when I looked in the insurance coverage manual they say they don't so I emailed customer service and they said sorry they told me wrong information on the phone but my insurance DOES NOT cover CI because they are hearing aid devices, but somewhere I read that it depends on how your dr submits it to the insurance company and if it's billed under durable medical equipment that they will. Does anyone out there have any knowledge to CI insurance coverage or have the same problem???