- Joined
- Jan 13, 2004
- Messages
- 31,020
- Reaction score
- 10
Public Health insurance cover the cost fully for CI surgery and anything relate CI issues.
Oh mapping 200 dollars each time.
I wonder if that is a bad thing about becoming TOO dependent on technology?
OUCH! That would kill me! Your insurance won't pay for audiological services?
We are already dependent on technology heavily in practically every area of life.
Unless there will be some apocalypse, the technology will be supplied.
Fuzzy
I am talking about being too dependent on it to be able to communicate at all. If the CI fails or breaks, the child cant go to school? That to me is becoming too dependent on the CI and I think that is risky.
Agree, Shel. In the 2 Girls thread one girl's CI failed twice. Without ASL how to communicate if CI fails again? Pen and paper I guess, but pen and paper is not useful for everyday life - too slow, hard and awkward. Lipreading without enough hearing is impossible I think. If a person thinks they are "hearing" because of CI, if the CI fails how do they think they are? When they take off a processor? Probably they first should think they are deaf/HoH and realize that CI only helps and doesn't make a hearing person really.
Yes, this is why our students with CIs are fortunate cuz they dont have to worry about being completely cut off from any communication.
About the pen and paper..what do u do if a 4 year old's CI breaks or fails? The 4 year old have no means of communication at all if the he/she had never learned ASL. That is when it becomes extremely critical cuz the child's language development becomes interrupted.
Very good point, Shel. Pen and paper is a bad option - only for emergency IMO.
And what if the hearing people around her don't know sign? That's something to think about.